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The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. It pitted a 4,787-man contingent led by Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest against an 8,100-strong Union force led by Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis. The battle ended in a rout of the Union forces and cemented Forrest's reputation as one of the great cavalrymen.

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  • Battle of Brice's Crossroads
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  • The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. It pitted a 4,787-man contingent led by Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest against an 8,100-strong Union force led by Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis. The battle ended in a rout of the Union forces and cemented Forrest's reputation as one of the great cavalrymen.
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  • ~3,200
  • ~8,500
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Partof
  • the American Civil War
Date
  • 1864-06-10(xsd:date)
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Casualties
  • 492(xsd:integer)
  • 2610(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Confederate victory
combatant
  • United States
  • CSA (Confederacy)
Place
  • Prentiss County and Union County, Mississippi
Conflict
  • Battle of Brice's Crossroads
Units
  • Forrest's Cavalry Corps
  • Mississippi Expedition
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  • The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. It pitted a 4,787-man contingent led by Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest against an 8,100-strong Union force led by Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis. The battle ended in a rout of the Union forces and cemented Forrest's reputation as one of the great cavalrymen. The battle remains a textbook example of an outnumbered force prevailing through better tactics, terrain mastery, and aggressive offensive action.[citation needed] Despite this, the Confederates gained little through the victory other than temporarily keeping the Union out of Alabama and Mississippi.
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