Fort Anderson (Paducah, Ky.)

found: Encyc. of hist. forts, c1988(Fort Anderson; named for Major Robert Anderson, who surrendered Fort Sumter at the outbreak of the Civil War, Fort Anderson was erected at Paducah, McCracken County, in compliance with General Grant's orders in 1861; the site of Fort Anderson is on Trimble Street, between 4th and 5th streets, in Paducah)

found: Fort Anderson WWW site, Oct. 22, 2008(Fort Anderson, located in Paducah, Kentucky was the site for the Battle of Paducah. Originally a supply depot, it was rebuilt as a seven-gun fort. Fort Anderson was 400 feet long and ran 160 feet toward the Ohio river, surrounded on the west, north and south by 50 foot ditches filled with water. The fort was commanded by Colonel Stephen B. Hicks, a federal commander. The fort was occupied by 665 men)