I was not familiar with General Orders 11, a wartime order by Ulysses S. Grant, or its Kentucky connexion in terms of Paducah. But having a background with a major in History with a minor in Judaic Studies, and being born in and a resident of Kentucky, this seemed interesting.
The Exodus From Paducah, 1862: ‘When General Grant Expelled the Jews,’ by Jonathan D. Sarna