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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PRW_tylers-flanking-maneuver_Guntown-MS.html
"Hit 'em on the e-e-end!"
As Nathan Bedford Forrest closed on the Union defenders at the critical intersection at Brice's Crossroads, he dispatched two companies of the Twelfth Kentucky under Captain Henry A. Tyler, along with his personal esco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PQE_battle-of-brices-cross-roads-ms_Guntown-MS.html
8,000 Federal infantry and cavalry, led by Gen. Samuel Sturgis, left Memphis on a dual mission to destroy Confederate supply lines and to engage Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. It was here on June 10, 1864, that the Union army was forced to retr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PQD_treaty-of-pontotoc_Guntown-MS.html
In 1832, this area ceded from the Chickasaw Nation to the United States by the Treaty of Pontotoc and became part of the State of Mississippi. According to the treaty, the land was surveyed and offered for sale by the Federal Government. The Missi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PQC_tippah-tishomingo-pontotoc-itawamba-intersection_Guntown-MS.html
Near this site is the intersection of a local road between the county seats of Ripley (Tippah) and Fulton (Itawamba) and the wire road that connected the county seats of Jacinto (Tishomingo) and Pontotoc (Pontotoc). The community of Bethany, inclu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OAM_advance-forces-of-general-forrest_Guntown-MS.html
Advance forces of
General Forrest
and
General Sturgis'
cavalry met in
skirmish here.
The 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 12th
Kentucky (Confederate)
met the 4th Missouri, 3rd,
9th Illinois and 2nd New
Jersey shortly before
forming first battle
li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OAK_federals-second-battle-line_Guntown-MS.html
Federal's
Second Battle Line
General Sturis was able to use
his infantry here for the first
time in the battle. General Forrest
had beaten the Union Cavalry
before the infantry reached the
battlefield. Infantry and cavalry
formed this line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OA8_first-shots-of-the-battle-of-brices-crossroads_Guntown-MS.html
First Shots of
the Battle of
Brice's Crossroads
were fired here
at 9:30
Morning of
June 10, 1864
Scouts from General
Nathan Bedford Forrest's
7th Tennessee (Confederate)
met scouts from General
Samuel D. Sturgis' 4th
Missouri (Fede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O80_mortons-battery_Guntown-MS.html
(front)
Dedicated to
Morton's Battery
Forrest's Artillery
and
John W. Morton, Jr.
Gen. N.B. Forrest's
Chief of Artillery and
the Confederacy's
youngest artillery captain
Morton's Battery fought here
during the Battle of Brice's
C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O7Z_brice-home_Guntown-MS.html
The Brice Home
stood
where monument is
located
The battle scarred,
two-story house, with
its blood-stained floors
and walls was used by
wounded of both armies
to escape shot and shell
as the battle raged.
Erected by Act of the Legis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LCZ_dogwood-valley_Guntown-MS.html
Flowering dogwood is a common small tree throughout the eastern United States from Maine and Michigan south to Texas and Florida.
Here the Natchez Trace passes through a small valley with an usual stand of large dogwood trees.
…