Paducah, Ky

scene of the first disaster encountered by the Confederate leader For rest during his great raid through Kentucky, Tenne ee and northern Mi i ippi in 1864. For rest had 5,000 men, while Hicks lay fortified in Paducah with 800 national troops, chiefly colored. March 25 For rest demanded a surrender. Hicks refused peremptorily. For rest then charged the earthworks again and again, but with signal failures each time. He was obliged to retreat, having suffered severe lo es, Page, John (1744-1808), represented Virginia in the U. S. Congre as a Democrat from 1789 ta 1797. He was Governor of Virginia from 1802 to 1805. He published ‘‘ Political Addre es,’? and was an early friend of Jefferson. 61