Forrest and Capron Nov. 24,1864 - Columbia TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 35° 34.573 W 087° 08.052
16S E 487840 N 3936954
The marker is located on Trotwood Ave, Columbia TN
Waymark Code: WM18V1Y
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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TEXT ON THE TENNESSEE HISTORICAL MARKER NO. 3D-19

FORREST AND CAPRON Nov. 24, 1864

Forrest’s cavalry, screening the advance of Stewart’s Corps on Columbia met Capron’s Cavalry Brigade in this locality and chased it back to Columbia where the presence of Stanley’s XXIII Corps behind entrenchments gave them protection and prevented Forrest from seizing the bridges over Duck River.
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Tennessee Historical Commission

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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