County of marker: Rutherford County
Location of marker: N. Public Square, at Maple St. & Main St., courthouse lawn, Murfreesboro
Marker erected by: Tennessee Historical Commission
Marker text:
FORREST'S
MURFREESBORO RAID
July 13, 1862
A task force of Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Brigade, consisting of the 1st Georgia Battalion (Morrison) and led by Forrest in person, charged rapidly to this area, at daybreak where they overcame one company of the 9th Michigan Infantry and two companies of the 8th Kentucky Calvary, released a number of Confederate civilian prisoners and captured the area commander, Brig. Gen. T.T. Crittenden and his staff, while other units of the brigade busied themselves elsewhere.