Brices Cross Roads Section - Gettysburg Timeline firing with pistols at the

firing with pistols at the flank of the enemy

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disposition of POWs

Brices Cross Roads Section - Gettysburg Timeline firing with pistols at theBy: Francis Barnum Pewter Limited Edition SL# 11990 The Battle of Brices Cross Roads on June 10, 1864 was the greatest victory of the Civil War fought entirely on one side by cavalry. Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest led 3,500 Confederate horsemen in a rout of 8,100 Union cavalry and infantry under Union General Samuel D. Sturgis in northern Mississippi. At the end of the all day battle, Forrest had the Federals to retreat back to Memphis. The