Battle of Brice's Crossroads

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The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was a notable 1864 American Civil War engagement in Mississippi in which Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest achieved a decisive victory over a larger Union force.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Tishomingo Creek ⓘ
Brice's Cross Roads ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States ⓘ
belligerentSide Confederate ⓘ
Union ⓘ
campaign Forrest's 1864 cavalry operations ⓘ
commander Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ
Samuel D. Sturgis ⓘ
commandingOfficerConfederate Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ
commandingOfficerUnion Samuel D. Sturgis ⓘ
confederateCasualtiesApprox around 500 ⓘ
confederateStrengthApprox about 3,500 men ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Prentiss County, Mississippi ⓘ
date 1864-06-10 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Tupelo ⓘ
forceTypeConfederate cavalry ⓘ
forceTypeUnion artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
locationDetail Tishomingo Creek ⓘ
near Baldwyn, Mississippi ⓘ
memorial Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site ⓘ
notableFeature Confederate victory over a numerically superior Union force ⓘ
use of aggressive cavalry tactics by Nathan Bedford Forrest ⓘ
objectiveConfederate to disrupt Union supply and communications in northern Mississippi and Tennessee ⓘ
objectiveUnion to neutralize Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry ⓘ
partOf Forrest's June 1864 raid into Tennessee and Mississippi ⓘ
place Mississippi ⓘ
precededBy Red River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Red River campaign
preservedAs Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
strategicImpact delayed Union operations in the Western Theater ⓘ
forced Union command to divert troops to counter Forrest ⓘ
tacticalOutcome decisive Confederate tactical victory ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
unionCasualtiesApprox about 2,600 ⓘ
over 2,000 ⓘ
unionGunsLost 14 ⓘ
unionPrisonersTakenApprox about 1,600 ⓘ
unionStrengthApprox about 8,000–8,500 men ⓘ
about 8,500 men ⓘ
unionWagonsLostApprox 176 ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Nathan Bedford Forrest → participatedIn → Battle of Brice's Crossroads ⓘ
Forrest's Cavalry Corps → engagement → Battle of Brice's Cross Roads ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Brice's Crossroads