General Charles F. Smith

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General Charles F. Smith

Fort Anderson was constructed under the command of Gen. Charles F. Smith, pictured here. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Fort Anderson

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…