Battle of Paducah

Battle of Paducah
	Part of the American Civil War
Date	March 25, 1864
Location	McCracken County, Kentucky
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States of America (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Stephen G. Hicks; James Shirk	Nathan Bedford Forrest
Units involved
8th Colored Heavy Artillery; 16th Kentucky Cavalry; 122nd Illinois Infantry; USS Peosta (1857); USS Paw Paw (1863);	Forrest's Cavalry Department
Strength
650 men; 2 gunboats	3,000
Casualties and losses
90	50

The Battle of Paducah was fought on March 25, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Confederate cavalry force led by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest moved into Tennessee and Kentucky to capture Union supplies. Tennessee had been occupied by Union troops since 1862. He launched a successful raid on Paducah, Kentucky, on the Ohio River.