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	Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi, in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War.
		He choose Brice's Crossroads, in what is now Lee County, Mississippi, which featured 4 muddy roads, heavily wooded areas and the natural boundary of Tishomingo Creek, which had only one bridge going east to west.
		Brice's Crossroads is still considered one of the most beautiful battlefields of the Civil War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Brices_Crossroads (1101 words)

	battle of brices crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Brice's Crossroads is an American Civil War battle fought on 10 June 1864 near Baldwyn, Mississippi.
		The battle ended in a complete rout of the Union forces and cemented Forrest's reputation as one of the greatest cavalrymen of all times.
		At 9:45am on June 10, a brigade of Gierson's cavalry division reached Brice's Crossroads and the battle started at 10:30am when the rebels performed a stalling operation with a brigade of their own.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Battle_of_Brices_Crossroads.html (905 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Battle of Brice's Crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi (additional info and facts about Baldwyn, Mississippi), during the American Civil War (Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865).
		He choose Brice's Crossroads, which featured muddy roads, heavily wooded areas and the natural boundary of Tishomingo Creek, which had only one bridge going east to west.
		After the battle, the Union Army (The northern army during the American Civil War) again accused Forrest of massacring fl soldiers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_brices_crossroads1.htm (749 words)

	Top 25 Tactical Feats Pt.2 - History Forum
		During a crucial moment at Brice's Crossroads, when the Yankee resistance was stiffening, he ordered his chief of artillery, Captain John Morton, to charge the enemy with his guns.
		In point of tactics, this was the most brilliant battle of the Revolutionary war, and it still appears brilliant when judged by the standards that we apply to the work of the greatest masters of the military art.
		This battle marks a revolution in military tactics, introducing the first known instance of a deliberate concentration of attack upon the vital point of the enemy’s line.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2537 (2824 words)

	Brices Crossroads
		Secondly the battle is followed by an unrelenting pursuit of the defeated army, which is almost unparalleled during the Civil War.
		He rides the length of his battle line telling his men to move forward on the signal, when he completes his ride the bugles are blown and the attack goes in.
		Some commentators see this battle as a precursor to the mobile warfare of the late 20th century and there is no denying that his mobile battle will have some lessons for students.
	www.americancivilwar.org.uk /meet_reps/meet_06_04.htm (6267 words)

	Business Fresh : Article 'Battle of Montmirail' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Montmirail was fought on February 11 1814 and resulted the victory of the French under Napoleon Bonaparte over the Russians under General Dmitri Sacken and the Prussians under General Johann Yorck.
		Alphabetical list of historical battles (see also Military history, List of battles): NOTE: Where a year has been used to disambiguate battles it is the year when the battle started.
		Battle of Vaila) - 1509 - French Wars in Italy Battle of Ain Jalut - 1260 - Mameluk-Mongol Wars Battle of Akraba (632) (a.k.a.
	www.business-fresh.net /DisplayArticle62879.html (408 words)

	The Guild - Historic Dispays of Tactical Ingenuity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Pharsalus displays the ingenuity of Gaius Julius Caesar in the aspect that he was not obsessed with any kind of 'traditional' or 'customary' tactics at all.
		Battle of Mohi by Suebedi (yes, I know there are millions of ways to spell it) when he destroyed the strongest army in Europe.
		A thing that most people foresee is the importance of the naval battle outside Thermopylae, which ended in a tie and kept the persians from landing a force on the other side of the pass and crush the spartans.
	forums.totalwar.org /vb/printthread.php?t=41438 (4591 words)

	Confederate Wizzards of the Saddle -- Forrest at Bryce's Crossroads
		Though hungry in battle they were always courageous; and in conflict they had only one aim, and that was to defend their country and destroy its enemies.
		One may call over the names of the great battles of the war, either east or west of the Mississippi River, and while the account of these engagements lose none of their brilliancy in comparison with those of any war, yet they cannot surpass, nor in some respects equal, the work performed by the cavalry.
		On the day of the battle, the thermometer rose to one hundred and seven degrees; not a ripple stirred the air; the leaves were as still as death itself; men panted for breath.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mscivilw/wizards.htm (13187 words)

	Forrest's Report of the Battle of Brice's Crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The battle was fierce and the enemy obstinate; but after two hours' hard fighting the enemy gave way, being forced back on his third and last line.
		Colonel Barteau, in command of the regiment sent from Old Carrollville, had gained the rear of the enemy, and by his presence and attack in that quarter had withdrawn the cavalry from the enemy's flank and created confusion and dismay to the enemy's wagon train and the guard attending it.
		The cavalry was sent back for its protection, and the enemy now in front made a last attempt to hold the crossroads; but the steady advance of my men and the concentrated, well-directed, and rapid fire from my batteries upon that point threw them back, and the retreat or rout began.
	cavalry.km.ru /reports/forrest_report_brices.htm (2168 words)

	Attending the Blue Suede Cruise
		In the rural countryside along Mississippi 370 near Baldwyn lies the Brices Crossroads National Battlefield, where Confederate cavalry under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated Union troops and forced their withdrawal to Memphis.
		The battle, which raged over two hot July days in 1864, was among the bloodiest in the state.
		Coming after the Confederate victory at the Battle of Brices Crossroads, the Tupelo engagement pitted troops under Confederate Generals Stephen D. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest against Union troops under the command of Generals A.J. Smith and Joseph A. Mower.
	www.bluesc.com /Plan/placesofinterest.asp (894 words)

	crossroads Resources - FREE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi "The colored troops made for themselves on this occasion a brilliant record.
		Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds June 10, 1863 in history...
		Brice's Crossroads is an American Civil War battle fought near Baldwyn, Mississippi,...
	search-a-little.com /sites/crossroads/crossroads.html (309 words)

	Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi, during the American Civil War.
		Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Situation, Battle, Aftermath, Battles of Forrest's Defense of Mississippi of the American Civil War and Confederate victories of the American Civil War.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Brice%27s_Crossroads (806 words)

	Civil War Battlefield Guide - -Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi (MS014) , Union, Prentiss, and Lee Counties, June 10, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Union casualties in the battle of Brices Cross Roads were 2,612 killed, wounded, or missing, while Forrest's command had only 493 killed and wounded in the fight.
		The battle of Brices Cross Roads was a bitter defeat for the Union troops.
		Estimated Casualties: 2,612 US, 493 CS Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, administered by the Natchez Trace Parkway, is seventeen miles north of Tupelo near Route 45 and includes one acre of the historic battlefield; 831 acres are owned by the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites and are open to the public.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/civwar/html/cw_009501_bricescrossr.htm (1299 words)

	Digital Quilting with Gritzley (Archive) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In June of 1862, a skirmish known as the Battle of Booneville occurred and the depot was burned.
		General Nathan Bedford Forrest planned his strategy for the Battle of Brices Crossroads in the Cunningham house which still stands and has been preserved as a museum.
		On April 15, 1870, Booneville became the county seat of Prentiss County.
	www.seirtec.org /gritsonline/booneville2.htm (282 words)

	djournal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"The purpose of having the re-enactment, of course, is to commemorate the battle on its 141st anniversary.
		The Brices Crossroads National Battlefield Commission plans to host the re-enactment biennially.
		Civil War tourism's economic benefit to communities was affirmed earlier this year in a report by the Civil War Preservation Trust, which included Brices Crossroads and 12 other sites in its study.
	www.djournal.com /pages/story.asp?ID=194779&pub=1&div=News (352 words)

	Confederate Wizzards of the Saddle -- Forrest at Bryce's Crossroads
		The most romantic and chivalrous side of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 had their happenings with horsemen, and the most of those were either on the Southern soil or came from the states which sympathized with the South.
		Prior to and shortly after the battle of Bryce's Cross Roads, all the Federal generals were devising ways and means for the destruction of Forrest.
		As the closing scenes of the battle were concluded, the sunset came on.
	www.rootsweb.com /%7Emscivilw/wizards.htm (13187 words)

	Civil War Art by Wayne Justus
		The Battle of Brice's Crossroads occurred because the Federal Army of the Tennessee, commanded by General William T. Sherman, while fighting the Confederates in Georgia, was concerned about his supply lines being destroyed.
		The results of the "Battle of Brice's Crossroads" were just the way General Forrest had predicted.
		The battle was General Forrest's greatest victory and characterized his aggressive method of warfare and reflected his ability as a military strategist.
	www.waynejustus.com /civil_war_originals.htm (1178 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Brices Crossroads
		In the American Civil War, the Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on 10 June 1864 near Baldwyn, Mississippi.
		on June 10, a brigade of Gierson's cavalry division reached Brice's Crossroads and the battle started at 10:30 a.m.
		Categories: Battles of Forrest's Defense of Mississippi of the American Civil War
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Brices-Crossroads (790 words)

	FreeLists / altroots / [altroots] Fwd: Kent Moorhead, re: PBS showing
		The Battle of Brices Crossroads was a small but significant Civil War Battle fought by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest on July 10, 1864.
		The film was made for the Brices Crossroads Battlefield Visitors Center and before now it hasn't been shown outside of the Visitors Center in Baldywn, Mississippi.
		It's a small battle, there's less than ten thousand men involved and yet it has a tremendous dramatic impact -- it has a clarity to it, such as you get when you look through the wrong end of a telescope.
	www.freelists.org /archives/altroots/09-2002/msg00027.html (420 words)

	This Week in the Civil War June 05, 1864
		The battle is going well for "Grumble" Jones until his discovers a gap in his lines.
		I intended to say that I could not consent to the burial of the dead and the removal of the wounded between the armies in the way you propose, but that when either party desire such permission it shall be asked for by flag of truce in the usual way.
		On reaching the town of Ripley, about 8 a.m., the enemy was found in line of battle and seemingly prepared for determined resistance, occupying all favorable positions for that purpose....Colonel Wilson's regiment was thrown forward, dismounted, as skirmishers, expecting they would be driven until the balance of my forces came up.
	www.civilweek.com /1864/jun0564.htm (6803 words)

	Battle of Brice's Crossroads
		These attacks were exceedingly fierce, each consisting of a double line of skirmishers with an infantry line of battle, and a column of support behind, apparently numbering 4, 4000 men.
		Forrest's first two attacks (a general frontal assault and a second against Waring's left) were repulsed, but his third succeeded in breaching the Union line between Waring's right flank and Col. Edward Winslow's left.
		Benjamin Grierson's Federal cavalry (3,300 troops) left Stubbs plantation (nine miles northwest of Brice's Cross Roads) at daybreak on June 10, 1864.
	www.civilwaralbum.com /misc/brice6.htm (721 words)

	Dictionary battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		, conflict, fight, engagement -- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
		-- an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
		, combat -- battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
	www.dictionarydefinition.net /battle.html (131 words)

	Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate Cavalry General
		Later, protecting the Confederate right during the battle of Chickamauga he won the accolades of Bragg's staff when his men dismounted and attacked as infantry, pressuring the Federals to retreat from their position near the creek to one more in line with other Union troops at the LaFayette Road.
		Immediately after the battle it was Forrest who reported the Federals were in full retreat to Chattanooga and the Army of Tennessee should attack, sound advice that Bragg ignored.
		His engagement of Federal troops at Brice's Crossroads on June 10, 1864 is considered by many the perfect battle.
	ngeorgia.com /people/forrest.html (769 words)

	Home & Away Magazine - The AAA Magazine of the Midwest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Tupelo, the last major engagement of the Civil War in Mississippi, raged during two hot July days in 1864, and was among the bloodiest in the state.
		Coming after the Confederate victory at the Battle of Brices Crossroads, the Tupelo engagement pitted troops under Confederate Gen. Stephen D. Lee and Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest against Union troops under the command of Gen. A.J. Smith and Gen. Joseph A. Mower.
		Tupelo is headquarters for the scenic Natchez Trace Parkway, formerly a wilderness trail that stretched from Natchez, Miss., to Nashville, Tenn. The 444-mile parkway is the place to discover the annals of American Indians, French and Spanish settlers and early American travelers.
	www.homeandawaymagazine.com /PrintArticles/Index_elvis_tupelo.cfm (777 words)

	Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site (National Park Service)
		Located on MS Hwy 370 six miles west of Baldwyn, this one-acre site commemorates a battle which had one objective-- make impossible the threat of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to interfere with General William T. Sherman's railroad supply line from Nashville to Chattanooga during the Atlanta campaign.
		Forrest scored a decisive victory over General S.D. Sturgis' Union forces when they met at Brices Cross Roads on June 10, 1864.
		The battle was considered a major tactical victory for the Confederacy, but did not diminish the effectiveness of Sherman's campaign as supplies continued to flow.
	www.nps.gov /brcr (157 words)

	War in the West: Vicksburg is Key (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The church was consecrated for the second time on May 5, 1868, in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Battle of Raymond.
		The tour is being held to raise funds in support of the Friends' ambitious agenda of land acquisition and artifact restorable.
		Parker Hills: Author of A Study in Warfighting, Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Brices Crossroads.
	www.raymondms.com /seminar.htm (472 words)

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