The Battle of Okolona (Mississippi): Confederate (a voluntary union) Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, commanding his Cavalry Corps—out numbered three-to-one—defeats the compulsory Union Meridian Mississippi Expedition Cavalry, commanded by Brigadier General William S. Smith.
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 296.
Battle of Okolona – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okolona
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