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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJ9_pleasant-exchange_Wildersville-TN.html
2 miles southeast, this town was established in 1824 by William D. Carrington, who built there a hotel and distillery. At one time it had as many saloons as stores and was a noted gambling resort. It also had an excellent racetrack. It was virtual…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJ6_battlefield-overview_Wildersville-TN.html
You are standing, more or less, on the old Lexington-Huntingdon Road. Behind you is the reconstructed split-rail fence, where the Union troops took position and faced General Nathan Bedford Forrest's unrelenting artillery assault and surprise atta…
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Lt. Colonel Alonzo Napier fell mortally wounded at this point as he was leading a charge of troops along the Lexington-Huntingdon Road.
In the excitement of the deafening roar of cannon fire and the swift barrage of small arms fire, Lt. Col. Na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJ4_a-very-successful-campaign_Wildersville-TN.html
"We have worked, road, and fought hard"On January 1, 1863 Forrest reached the Tennessee River. By 9 p.m. the entire command, more than 2,000 men and horses, six cannon, and a train of wagons, had crossed the river on the same flatboats that had br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJ3_mcpeake-cabin_Wildersville-TN.html
Robert and Permelia McPeake built this cabin near Rock Hill, Tennessee, in 1851. Danny and Rose Garner donated the cabin to the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Association in 2006. After being painstakingly recorded, the cabin was dismantled and m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDIL_battle-of-parkers-crossroads_Wildersville-TN.html
Old Split-Rail FenceDecember 31, 1862At approximately 11:00 a.m., Colonel Dunham's Brigade positioned themselves behind a split-rail fence located a few feet behind this area running east and west to the Lexington/Huntingdon Road. By afternoon, an…
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(Front of Kiosk):Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the Civil War's greatest cavalry generals. His ferocity as a warrior and his claim to have slain one more enemy soldier in personal combat than the 29 horses killed beneath him made him a legend.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGS_the-battle-of-parkers-crossroads_Wildersville-TN.html
The Old CrossroadsMid-Morning, December 31, 1862Dunham's Union troops, pressured on three sides, rallied around the crossroads near the Parker House but soon retreated beyond the roads and sought cover among the rolling hills to the southeast.
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