Paducah, KY, United States
Tilghman Home. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, soldier and rail builder, lived here, 1852-61. Born, Maryland, 1816. Graduated West Point, 1836. In the Mexican War (1846-48). Chief engineer, 1855-56, New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, first to enter Paducah. In Civil War joined Confed. Army, 1861. Killed, Battle
of Champion's Hill near Vicksburg, May, 1863. Sponsored by Tilghman High School Class of 1929.
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