Paducah during the Civil War

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This file appears in: Encounter at Burnt Mill
Paducah during the Civil War

This Civil War era pictorial shows locations in the strategically important Ohio River city of Paducah. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Encounter at Burnt Mill

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1915 in Webster County notes a September 15, 1861, skirmish between local Confederate-sympathizing militia troops and a Union force. Although Kentucky had officially declared armed neutrality in May 1861, by early September…