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Brice's Crossroads Civil War Encyclopedia >> Battles
June 2 , 1864
Ordered to pursue and destroy General Nathan Bedford Forrest, General John Sturgis leaves Memphis with a force of 8,100 men
Tennessee
Brice's Crossroads
June 10 , 1864
Battle of Brice's Crossroads [US]
Battle of Tishomingo Creek [CS]
Mississippi
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Brice's Crossroads
June 11 , 1864
Following the battle of Brice's Crossroads, Forrest's men pursue the federal retreat and take hundreds of prisoners
Brice's Crossroads
June 15 , 1864
General Sherman, learning of the defeat at Brice's Crossroads, writes Edwin Stanton "But Forrest is the very devil, ...There never will be peace in Tennessee till Forrest is dead."
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Brice's Crossroads
William Tecumseh Sherman