Wickliffe, KY, United States
Union Supply Base. One of first Kentucky positions, Fort Jefferson, occupied by Union troops after Confederate seizure of Columbus, Sept. 1861. From this base, General Ulysses S. Grant directed demonstration against Columbus, Jan. 1862. Troops from here joined in capturing Ft. Henry, Feb. 1862. One
of four river ports in area used as Union supply bases for operations in the western theater.
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