. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . THE SOLDIER rN OUR CIVIL WAR. 10$. CAPTURE OF PADUCAH. The soizuro, by tho Confederate General Polk, ofioth Columbus and Hickman, Ky., OU the 4th ofSeptember, and Iho consequent threatening ofPudueah, ninilo it necessary for tlioFederals to at onco occupy the latterplace, situated about forty-seven miles cast of Cai
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . THE SOLDIER rN OUR CIVIL WAR. 10$. CAPTURE OF PADUCAH. The soizuro, by tho Confederate General Polk, ofioth Columbus and Hickman, Ky., OU the 4th ofSeptember, and Iho consequent threatening ofPudueah, ninilo it necessary for tlioFederals to at onco occupy the latterplace, situated about forty-seven miles cast of Cairo,utid occupying an important strategic position nt theeonliuoneo of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivera. The City of Cairo hud been reinforced and takenpossession of by General Fremont on the first of thoprevious mouth, and was then tho centre of a districtlately placed in command of General Grant, who, onThursday, the 5th of September, was in readinessfcr the advance. He had ordered tho embarkation, on the trans-ports G. IT. Graham and IT. 11. #.. of both tlio Ninth and tho Twelfth Illinois Infantry Regiments,then commanded reflectively by Major Phillips andColonel McArthur, with Jour guns belonging toSmiths Chicago Artillery, under Lieutenant Wil-lard. and on the evening of the lost-named date heleft Cairo, pr
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