PADUCAH KENTUCKY - FORT ANDERSON

FORT ANDERSON WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE UNION ARMY AT THE RIVERFRONT OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY IN 1861. THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED ON BOTH SIDES DURING THAT GREAT CONFLICT KNOWN AS THE CIVIL WAR

THIS MURAL, by ROBERT L. DAFFORD, IS ONE OF MANY DRESSING THE PADUCAH FLOODWALL NEAR THE FOOT OF BROADWAY IN DOWNTOWN PADUCAH KY.
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(Click here to see a panoramic view of the entire floodwall)
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FORT ANDERSON, Fall 1861
A Mahan engineered earthen fortification 160' x 400' with 32 lb. siege cannon facing both the river and the city.
The fort was constructed around a marine hospital that burned in the fall of 1863. The city was surrounded by six smaller forts also equipped with the large 32 lb. siege cannon.
(See sketch below)
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Sketch of Paducah KY and Vicinity
by Captain John Rziha, 19th U. S. Infantry
Battery No.1..One 32 and two 6-pounders, the 32 pounder to be replaced by a 2 1/2 pdr howitzer when received.
Battery No.2..One 32 and one 6-pounder, the 32 pounder to be replaced by a 2 1/2 pdr howitzer when received.
Battery No.3..One 2 1/2 - pdr howitzer when received.
Battery No.4..One 32 and two 6-pounders.
Battery No.5..Two 6-pounders.
Battery No.6..Two 6-pounders.
Armament of Fort, Seven 32-pounders, when we get them.
The blue dotted line designates the borders of the above.
The Fort has Batteries Nos 1 & 6 under direct fire.
Battery No 1 commands Batteries Nos 2, 3, 4 & 5.
Batteries No 2 & 3 can dismount Batteries Nos 1, 4 & 5.
The Fort contains 2 shell-proof powder magazines; one well which will always supply 250 men with water; 3 cisterns each containing 700 barrels of water, and one double-acting force pump in connection with the river. The building inside the Fort will be made, etc.
Original plan of Fort Anderson drawn by Captain John Rziha, 19th U. S. Infantry
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Fort Anderson in Harpers Weekly - 1861
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THIS MARKER IS DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF THE RESTORED HOME OF GENERAL LLOYD TILGHMAN	THE TILGHMAN MUSEUM - THE RESTORED HOME OF GENERAL LLOYD TILGHMAN
THE HOME IS NOW THE SITE OF THE TILGHMAN HERITAGE MUSEUM