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| | Murray, Kentucky Profile - MyMurray.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Murray, the county seat, is situated in extreme southwest Kentucky, Murray is only eight miles from the Tennessee state line, 15 miles west of Kentucky Lake (and the Land Between the Lakes), and 125 miles northwest of Nashville. |
 | | Fort Heiman, in the southwest corner of Calloway County, for a time was occupied by Confederate forces under General Abram Buford, with one brigade of cavalry, one regiment (3rd of Kentucky) infantry (under Col. Holt), and a battery of light artillery. |
 | | Thompson, a native son of the county, was killed in the attack on the fort at Paducah in March, 1864. |
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