Battle of Paducah | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Stephen G. Hicks James Shirk | Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
650 men 2 gunboats | 3,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
90 | 50 |
The Battle of Paducah was fought on March 25, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Confederate cavalry force led by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest moved into Tennessee and Kentucky to capture Union supplies. Tennessee had been occupied by Union troops since 1862. He launched a successful raid on Paducah, Kentucky, on the Ohio River.