Forrest Chases Streight - Walnut Grove, Alabama
N 34° 03.932 W 086° 17.747
16S E 564983 N 3769645
This historic monument marks the campsite where General Forrest's troops stayed the night before their running battle with Colonel Streight's men in 1863.
Waymark Code: WM31F5
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2008
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Stone marker inscription reads:
FORREST CHASES STREIGHT
On the night of May 1, 1863, General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his troops camped here. The next day, he engaged Colonel Abel Streight in a running battle at Black Creek near Gadsden, Alabama.
Erected May 21, 1981 by the Golden Agers Club of Walnut Grove.
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