- 06 Sep 2019 12:46
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September 6, Friday
In the morning a small squadron of two wooden gunboats and a few transports land Federal troops at Paducah, forestalling an obviously planned Confederate move from Columbus to the strategic Kentucky city at the mouth of the Tennessee. There is no fighting and no casualties. It is U.S. Grant’s first major victory and it is bloodless. By seizing Paducah, and later nearby Smithland at the mouth of the Cumberland, Grant has prevented Confederate forces from claiming the entire state of Kentucky and planting their northern line on the Ohio River. The move also foreshadows the river campaign of the coming year. Having occupied Paducah, Grant will write Fremont: “If it were discretionary with me, with a little addition to my present force I would take Columbus.”
Federal Brigadier General C.F. Smith is assigned to command in western Kentucky as Grant returns to Cairo.
There are skirmishes at Rowell’s Run, western Virginia, and Monticello Bridge, Missouri.
In the morning a small squadron of two wooden gunboats and a few transports land Federal troops at Paducah, forestalling an obviously planned Confederate move from Columbus to the strategic Kentucky city at the mouth of the Tennessee. There is no fighting and no casualties. It is U.S. Grant’s first major victory and it is bloodless. By seizing Paducah, and later nearby Smithland at the mouth of the Cumberland, Grant has prevented Confederate forces from claiming the entire state of Kentucky and planting their northern line on the Ohio River. The move also foreshadows the river campaign of the coming year. Having occupied Paducah, Grant will write Fremont: “If it were discretionary with me, with a little addition to my present force I would take Columbus.”
Federal Brigadier General C.F. Smith is assigned to command in western Kentucky as Grant returns to Cairo.
There are skirmishes at Rowell’s Run, western Virginia, and Monticello Bridge, Missouri.
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