Front:
Confederate Anchor and Chain
at Columbus-Belmont State Park
Columbus, Ky.
Back:
The strategic location and the command-
ing bluffs of Columbus, offered the most de-
sirable fortification between Cairo and Vicks-
burg, during the Civil War. It was the north-
ern terminus of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
which stretched away to Mobile bay. The
fortification of Columbus was always above
high water mark of the mighty Mississippi.
This position was fortified by the Confeder-
ates, under Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, Sept. 3,
1861 and was evacuated Jan. 20th, 1862.
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THOMPSON'S COMMUNITY SERVICE, 12 20 CHICKASAW, PARIS, TENNESSEE
