The Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads/Tishomingo Creek (Mississippi): Confederate (a voluntary union) Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, commanding his cavalry corps—out numbered two-to-one—defeats the compulsory Union Meridian Mississippi Expedition Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis.
Postscript: Upon returning to the Military Division of the Mississippi headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee, Sturgis requested of Major General William T. Sherman, division commander, to be relieved of command.
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 298.
Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads – Wikipedia
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