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Tennessee 21st Cavalry, Company D (Confederate)

4/02/64

Organized - Tennessee 21st Cavalry, Company D - Tennessee

10/06/64

Battle - Brice's Crossroads - Baldwyn, Mississippi

Brice's Crossroads
Brice's Crossroads

In late May 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest set out from Mississippi with his cavalry corps to enter Tennessee and destroy the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, which was carrying men and supplies from Nashville to support Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. Sherman, who suspected the Confederate cavalry leader would cause havoc behind his lines, ordered Brig. Gen. Samuel Sturgis to move from Memphis to counter Forrest and to control northern Mississippi. Sturgis's first ob…READ MORE

13/02/65

Mustered Out - Tennessee 21st Cavalry, Company D - Tennessee


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