Interior Redoubt No. III - Selma, AL
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N 32° 25.007 W 087° 01.889
16S E 497039 N 3586634
Part of the fortifications in Selma, this marker notes the Battle of Selma at the end of the Civil War. Marker is at the intersection of Lapsley Road and Buckeye Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMNM9V
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2015
Views: 5
Marker Text:
Front:
By 6pm General James H. Wilson had moved the 4th U.S. Cavalry, down Summerfield Road through the outer works and had ordered Captain Robinson of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery to do the same. After the main assault most of the regiments of Long's 2nd Division had lost unit cohesion. Their commanders lay wounded or dead. Mixed Confederate units fell back to a second defense line along the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad track. One stronghold on this line was Interior Redoubt III. Wilson decided that all the fleeing Confederates needed was one strong push. In one of the last cavalry charges of the Civil War, the 4th U.S. Cavalry drew sabers and in a column of fours charged the Redoubt. By this time No. III was bristling with guns. The attack was stopped as it hit the railroad tracks. Wilson riding his favorite horse 'Sheridan' was thrown to the ground when the horse was shot. Unhurt Wilson called for reinforcements for a second charge. The 4th Michigan Cavalry formed dismounted to the East of the Summerfield Road about 330 yards from the railroad track, the 3rd Ohio Cavalry mounted formed to the west of the road and the 17th Indiana formed to their right. Captain Robinson's 10 pound Parrots about 1,100 yards away were now shelling the Redoubt. About 6:30 pm this second charge succeeded in taking Redoubt No. III. In the darkness these Units followed the fleeing Confederates into the town.
Rear
Map of the City of Selma, showing battle lines.
Marker Name: Interior Redoubt No. III - Wilson's Cavalry Charge
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the April 1865 Society.
Video about marker: http://marker.battleofselma.com/marker10a.html
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2015
Marker Number: Not Listed
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