Paducah during the Civil War

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This file appears in: Encounter at Burnt Mill

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…