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Union troops assemble at the northern terminus of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad during the September 1861 occupation of Paducah, Ky., in a sketch published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. (Courtesy of Western Kentucky University)
Courtesy of Western Kentucky University