Echoes of Brice's Crossroads

The Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi was fought June 10, 1864 between the Confederate forces under General Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Federal forces under General Samuel D. Sturgis. In one of the most lopsided victories of the war, Forrest routed Sturgis's command, inflicting more than 2,500 casualties, capturing 16 of 22 cannons, and almost all of Sturgis's large wagon train. Now relive the action through the words of 54 participants, Blue, Gray, and civilian, as they describe their experiences fighting at Brice's Crossroads.