Union Gunboat

ID: 1629
This file appears in: Forrest's Raid
Union Gunboat

Union gunboats were instrumental in protecting Fort Anderson from Nathan Bedford Forrest and his Southern troops during the 1864 raid of Paducah. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Forrest's Raid

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #517 in McCracken County recalls Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid on Paducah in March 1864. The journey to Paducah from western Tennessee began in the spring of 1864. Forrest was intent on reaching Kentucky…