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The Kentucky Bend, variously called the New Madrid Bend, Madrid Bend, Bessie Bend, or Bubbleland, [1] [2] is an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky that is encircled by the states of Tennessee and Missouri.
However, the area across the Mississippi River from New Madrid, Missouri on the Kentucky and Tennessee shore was known during the Civil War simply as Madrid Bend. [4] The town of New Madrid (pronounced MAD-rid), which gives the bend its name, is at the northern apex of the second turn. Union transport "Terry" pushing through the swamps
The largest city is Portageville and county seat is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the Kentucky Bend in the Mississippi River, where it has formed an oxbow around an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky. [2] This feature has also been known as New Madrid Bend or Madrid Bend, for the city.
About 11 square miles (28 km 2) of the county is separated in a peninsula from the rest of the state by an oxbow of the Mississippi River, known as the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend, after the city in Missouri on the north side of the river.
2 Forces at Madrid Bend, February 28-March 17, 1862. ... 1862 subsection. 2.1 New Madrid Garrison. 2.2 Island No. 10 Garrison. 3 Forces at Madrid Bend, March 19-April ...
New Madrid is the county seat of New Madrid County. [4] The city is located 42 miles (68 km) southwest of Cairo, Illinois, and north of an exclave of Fulton County, Kentucky, across the Mississippi River. Kentucky Bend and surrounding area
The Confederates had fortified a tight double-bend in the river, with garrisons at New Madrid, Missouri, and Island Number Ten. Union Major-General John Pope arrived unexpectedly, before winter was over, easily took New Madrid, and then ordered two gunboats to run the island batteries, covering his crossing to the east (Tennessee) bank ...
[2] From February to April 1862 the company joined Brigadier General John Pope in the Union effort to take New Madrid, or Kentucky Bend, on the Mississippi River. Their engagements included the Battle of Island Number Ten and the Confederate surrender after that battle at Tiptonville, Tennessee.