Grant's Proclamation

Historical marker location:

Paducah, Kentucky

( Broadway at Riverfront, Paducah)

On this spot, September 6, 1861, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant read proclamation to citizens of Paducah announcing that the Union Army was taking possession of town "to defend you" against Confederate attack. The "enemy" had taken "possession of and planted his guns" at Columbus and Hickman on the Mississippi. Union troops moved in and the U.S. occupied city for duration of war.

Civil War Ulysses S. Grant Paducah