Despite Kentucky\'s aim to keep a neutral position in the Civil War and Paducah\'s Confederate tendencies, the Union captured the town soon after Confederate troops occupied Columbus.
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That strategic advantage was halted when Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest invaded the town during the Battle of Paducah.
As a result, the Tennessee River and the Cumberland River became permeable entry points for infiltrating farther south and maintaining supply lines deep into Confederate states.
Despite Kentucky\'s aim to keep a neutral position in the Civil War and Paducah\'s Confederate tendencies, the Union captured the town soon after Confederate troops occupied Columbus