Fort Anderson

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Fort Anderson

Fort Anderson, shown here, was constructed in the fall of 1861. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #828 in Paducah notes the location of Fort Anderson, a Union earthen fortification named for native Kentuckian Robert Anderson, the "Hero of Fort Sumter." When Confederate forces invaded western Kentucky in early…