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On March 23, 1864, two days before the Battle of Paducah, detached forces of Confederate Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's cavalry coming up from Columbus, Miss., and Union troops, both searching for horses, met by accident near here. In two skirmishes which took place three were killed in first engagement and four in the second. Burial was in the old Gilbert cemetery.
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Benton, Kentucky · United States
