Forrest's Raid - Clifton Junction, TN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 18.551 W 087° 56.826
16S E 413900 N 3907742
This marker was not here in September of 2017.
Waymark Code: WMYA35
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2018
Views: 3
County of marker: Wayne County
Location of marker: US-641 & US-64, a couple miles W. of Waynesboro
Marker erected by" Tennessee Historical Commission
Marker Text:
3F 17
FORREST'S RAID
At Clifton, 8 miles N., Forrest crossed the river with 1800 cavalry men and 4 guns, on a 200~mile raid into Tennessee. Recrossing there Jan. 1, 1863, he had torn up 5 trunk railroads, taken more Federals prisoners than he had soldiers, taken or destroyed 10 guns, and military stores worth millions; he had immobilized more than 10 times his strength in Federal troops and delayed Grant's Vicksburg campaign for 8 months.