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The union occupied this part of the state for most of the war. The confederates took Columbus, and the union moved in and took control of the paducah. Eventually the union run the confederates out of Columbus, and from what ive read it was hard living, living in an area under union control when that area was supporters of the south. The men in this area faught at Shiloh, and a lot of them were in Forrest raids of this area. The Jackson purchase actually tried to form a state with west ten, and join the confederacy, but when the whole state of ten secceded it ended that. There was a man in charge of this area that was union, and he treated the people like dogs. Last name something like Payne. He would take from the people that had husbandsl off fighting in the confederacy, and give it to the few families in the area that supported the union. If you supported the confederacy you was not allowed to go vote.

And they called Southerners bigots. Sounds like this fellow was not only a bigot, but a tyrant as well. Now back to football scotty.:biggrin: