| DATE | ACTION | LOCATION | SOURCES Abbreviated -see Bibliography for full citations. |
| 1. 4-22-1861 |
Public meeting of southern sympathizers |
Mayfield | Craig, 33. The Courier 5-6-1861 |
| 5-10-1861 | Jackson Purchase secession meeting |
Mayfield | Craig, 46. The Journal 5-21-1861 |
| 2. 4-26-1861 |
Jackson Purchase KY State Guard fortifies Columbus |
Columbus | Craig, 34. Memphis Daily 4-26-1861 |
| 6-6-1861 | Tilghman urges young men not to leave the state |
Columbus | Craig, 52. The Journal 6-6-1861 |
| 6-10-1861 | Buckner orders Tilghman & 6 companies of KY State Guard to Columbus to insure neutrality |
Columbus | Craig, 59. Clarksville Chronicle 6-28-1861 |
| 6-12-1861 | Union Steamer, City of Alton, reconnaissance down Mississippi - Confederate flag taken down |
Columbus | Craig, 60-1 The Appeal 6-13-1861 The Journal 6-14-1861 The Courier 6-15-1861 Wm. Russell, My Diary |
| 3. 5-21-1861 |
KY State Guard loads rail cars with arms destined for Mayfield |
Paducah | Craig, 48 The Journal 6-6-1861 and 5-14; 5-18; 5-22; 5-29-1861 |
| 4. 6-6-1861 |
Union force crosses river at Cairo, harass citizens at Elliott's Mill |
Ballard County | Craig, 58 The Courier 6-17-1861 |
| 5. 7-13-1861 |
Gov. Magoffin refuses to give State Guard arms back. Capt. Henry King attempts to secure arms. |
Union City TN Mayfield |
Craig, 71-3 Memphis Daily 7-21-1861 The Journal 8-20-1861 The Courier 7-26-1861 |
| 7-19-1861 | Brig. Gen. Ben Cheatham urges King not to violate KY neutrality. King arrives in Mayfield, loads weapons, deposits 400 weapons in Fulton Co. and proceeds to Union City, TN |
Mayfield Union City TN |
Ibid. |
| July 1861 | White Fowler raised a Confederate vigilante group "Committee of Thirteen." |
Paducah | Craig, 77. The Journal, 8-17-1861 |
| 7-1-1861 | Establishment of "Central Vigilante Committee" and "Lesser Committees" |
Benton | Craig, 77-8. The Courier, 7-10-1861 The Journal, 8-20-1861 |
| Summer 1861 |
Party of Ballard County men hung a Milburn man for his union sympathies |
Milburn | Craig, 78. The Journal, 8-3;8-12;8-15; 8-20-1861 |
| 7. Aug. 1861 |
Murray seccesionists shot & killed a Union man |
Murray (?) | Craig, 80. The Journal 8-3; 8-20-1861 |
| 8. 8-26-1861 |
Peace meeting held to protest war tax |
Murray | Craig, 88. The Courier 8-17; 8-21; 8-22; 8-26; 9-7; 9-12-1861 |
| 9. 8-20-1861 |
USS Lexington steamed into Paducah and captured W.B. Terry with supplies bound for the South |
Paducah | Craig, 89. The Journal 8-17; 8-20-1861 |
| 10. 8-20-1861 |
Party of Federal soldiers cross river from Cairo and capture two Ballard County men |
Ballard County | Craig, 90. Collins I, 93. |
| 11. 9-3-1861 |
Pillow moves on Hickman with 1500 troops |
Hickman | Craig, 92. OR Ser. I, vol. 4, 176-7. Robertson, "Iron Banks," 153. |
| 12. 9-3-1861 |
Polk moves on Columbus with 2000 troops |
Columbus | Ibid. |
| 9-10-1861 | Naval encounter - Confederate Yankee reported sunk |
Mississippi River below Columbus |
R. Whitesell, "Military," 113-4 |
| Late Sept. 1861 |
Confederates move guns, construct earthworks, and stretch a 4200' chain across the Mississippi River |
Columbus | Craig, 105. Adj. Gen Report, I, 332-375 |
| 11-7-1861 | Battle of Belmont | Columbus | R. Whitesell, "Military," 116-7. |
| 3-1-1862 | Union 2nd IL Cavalry -- Reconnaissance patrol |
Columbus | OR, Series I, vol. 7, 682-3. |
| 3-2-1862 | Polk and Company evacuate Columbus |
Columbus | R. Whitesell, "Military," 121. |
| 3-2-1861 | 2000 union troops converge 27th & 55th IL and 54th OH |
Columbus | The Soldier in Our Civil War I, 243. |
| 3-2-1861 | US Navy converges from Cairo IL |
Columbus | Browne, 87-8. |
| 3-6-1861 | Attempted Confed. attack | Columbus | OR Ser. I, vol. 32, Part I, 485 |
| 4-2-1861 | 50 Confeds attack Fort at Columbus 1 Union officer captured, 1 man wounded |
Columbus | Ibid., 552-3. |
| 4-14-1861 | Confederate maneuvers | Columbus | Ibid., 511, 533. |
| 13. 9-6-1861 |
Grant occupies Paducah | Paducah | Ibid., vol. 4, 196-7. |
| 14. Sept. 1861 |
Camp Henry C. Burnett established. 7th KY CSA raised with 1200 men |
2 miles west of Clinton |
Craig, 105. |
| 15. Sept. 1861 |
Camp Beauregard formed | 1 mile north of Feliciana |
Shelton |
| Jan. 1862 | Confederate evacuation. Bridges burned, railroads dismantled | Camp Beauregard |
OR Ser. I, vol. 7, 897-8. |
| 16. Jan. 1862 |
Fort Heiman begun by CSA under Gen. Tilghman |
Fort Heiman | Moss, 3. |
| 2-4-1862 | CSA abandons Fort Heiman, occupied by Union Army |
Fort Heiman | Moss, 4-5; OR Ser. I, vol. 7, 136-44; 606. |
| 3-6-1863 | Union forces abandon Fort Heiman |
Fort Heiman | OR Ser. I, vol. 24, Part 3, 94, 99-100. Allen, 132-4. |
| late Oct. 1864 |
Forrest reoccupies Fort Heiman |
Fort Heiman | George, 128. |
| 10-28-1864 | Forrest's Confederate. cavalrymen fire on Union steamboat Mazeppa capturing the boat and supplies |
Fort Heiman | Ibid., Moss, 6; Wyeth, 458. |
| 10-30-1864 | Rebels fire at the Anna, disable the Undine, The Venus
surrenders and the J.W. Cheeseman abandoned. 1 Confedererate wounded; 8 Union killed, 11 wounded, 43 captured including 1 officer. |
Fort Heiman | Moss, 7. |
| 11-3-1864 | Confederates under Forrest destroy: 4 Union gunboats, 14 transports, 20 barges, 26 pieces of artillery. 2 rebels killed, 9 wounded, 150 Union soldiers captured. |
Fort Heiman | Ibid., 8-9; Wyeth, 463-4; OR Ser. I, vol. 39, Part 1, 858-875. |
| 17. 3-31-1862 |
Surprise attack by a Federal force from Hickman was repulsed following a vigorous skirmish |
Cayce | Major, 11-2. |
| 18. late Oct. 1862 |
Skirmish between 300 Confederate guerrillas and Union scouts. No casualties. |
Island No.10 | OR Ser. I, vol. 17, Part 2, 460-1. |
| 10-16-1863 | Skirmish | Island No. 10 | R. Whitsdell; OR Ser I, vol. 30, Part 2, 5; vol. 31., Part 1, 570-1; 591-2. |
| 3-6-1864 | Confederate ambush by 75 to 125 guerrilas | Island No. 10 | Ibid, vol. 32, Part 1, 491-2. |
| 19. 12-24-1862 |
Confederate attack- Union retreats Confederates burn trestle work in the area | Moscow | Jordan & Pryor, 205. |
| 3-31-1864 | Capture of 3 Confederates, 2 guerrillas, and 2 other men | Moscow | OR Ser. I, vol. 32, 652-3. |
| 20. 7-15-1863 |
Confederate raid local stores, steamboat captured. Union retreats back to Columbus | Hickman Columbus |
Ibid., vol. 23, Part 2, 537-8 |
| 7-17-1863 | 18th IL Infantry Co. K called in | Hickman Clinton |
Ibid., vol. 23 Part 2, 825. |
| 7-2-1863 | Confederates reported to be in Hickman. Union forces move toward Feliciana | Hickman Columbus Feliciana |
Ibid., 546-7. |
| late July 1863 | Union Camps set up | Mayfield Murray Feliciana |
Ibid., Part 1, 827; Part 2, 549-50:569. |
| 21. 2-28-1864 |
Skirmish: 1 Confederate captured as well as supplies | Dukedom | Ibid., vol. 32, Part 1, 485. |
| 22. 3-10-1864 |
Confed guerriall raid | Clinton | Ibid., 493. |
| 23. 3-22-1864 |
Confederate attacks on trains -- 35-50 guerrillas. Fancy Farm postmaster shot and Catholic Church burned. Several citizens taken hostage. | Mayfield Fancy Farm |
Ibid., 628. Part 3, 131. |
| 24. 3-25-1864 |
Confederate attack on Fort Anderson, Confederates suffer heavy losses under Col. Thompson. 14 Union killed, 46 wounded, 25 rebels killed and wounded | Paducah | Ibid., vol. 32, Part 1, 547. |
| 3-26-1864 | Union burns houses within view of Fort Anderson | Paducah | Ibid., 548. |
| 4-14-1864 | Gen. Buford attacks Fort Anderson, 150 horses captured by Confederates. | Paducah | George 78; Wyeth, 308. |
| 25. 3-26-1864 |
Union ambush; most of Col. Crossland's 7th KY killed | Bill Pryor' home 20 miles south of Mayfield | George, 79-81. |
| 26. 4-27-1864 |
Guerrillas capture Union corporal and 9 soldiers | "near Mayfield" | OR Ser. I, vol. 39, Part 2, 24-6. |
| 27. 5-1-1864 |
3 Union soldiers killed | Between Dublin and Baltimore in Graves County | Ibid., 126. |
| 28. 5-20-1864 |
Guerilla ambush on train 1 Union soldier killed, 1 Confederate soldier killed engineer reported killed | Between Paducah and Mayfield | Ibid., vol. 39, part 2, 35. |
| 29. 5-21-1864 |
"James Guerillas" burned a railroad bridge. Reports of 25 guerillas captruing 1 Union soldier | Bridge over Little Obion River between Columbus and Clinton | Ibid., 45. |
| 5-23-1864 | 3rd KY CSA manuevers | Feliciana Dukedom |
Ibid., 50-1; 53-4. |
| 5-25-1864 | Reports of Confederate cavalry units | Hickman Clinton |
Ibid., 50. |
| 31. Mid-July 1864 |
Union ambush, 4 Union soldiers wounded; 3 Confederates killed, 5 wounded | "a mile beyond Clinton." apparently South. |
Collins I, 135. |
| 32. Mid-Aug. 1864 |
Union Cavalry capture 6-8 rebels | Bethel Church on Mayfield and Dukedom Road | OR Ser. I, vol. 39, Part 1, 463. |
| Same Day | Union soldiers disperse some 60 Confederates. | South of Bethel Church on Mayfield and Dukedom Road | Ibid. |
| 9-18-1864 | 50 Union soldiers (7th TN Cavalry) capture 2 Confederates | From Columbus toward Hickman | Ibid., part 2, 268. |
| 3-29-1865 | "Desperate fight" 30 miles from Paducah between Union troops and Confederate irregulars. 2 Union officers killed. | None given | Collins I, 158. |
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