Fort Sumter, April 1865
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Four years after Robert Anderson saw the United States flag lowered at Fort Sumter, he witnessed it raised again over the rubble remains of the fort. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Fort Anderson
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…