SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS
Forrest's West Tennessee Raid
December 15, 1862
Forrest's command crosses the Tennessee at Clifton
December 18, 1862
Skirmish at Lexington
December 19, 1862
Engagement near Jackson
Affairs at Carroll Station and Spring Creek
December 20, 1862
Capture of Humboldt. Capture of Trenton
Skirmish at Railroad Crossing, Forked Deer River
December 21, 1862
Affair at Rutherford's Station. Capture of Union City
December 27, 1862
Skirmish near Huntingdon
December 29, 1862
Skirmish at Huntingdon
December 30, 1862
Skirmish at Huntingdon. Skirmish at Clarksburg
December 31, 1862
Engagement at Red Mound, or Parker's Crossroads
January 1, 1863
Skirmish near Clifton
January 2, 1863
Forrest's command re-crosses the Tennessee at Clifton
January 3, 1863
Skirmish near Clifton
OFFICIAL REPORTS
These compilations are drawn from the
official records of the
American Civil War, (called the "OR") published in 1897.
The original records are extensive. We are offering here
some highlights of the West Tennessee Raid of
Nathan Bedford Forrest in December 1862.
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No. 1
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Davies, U.S.
Army, commanding District of
Columbus, of operations December 18, 1862-January 3, 1863
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No. 2
Brig. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, U.S.
Army, commanding District
of Corinth, of operations December 18-24, 1862,
and skirmish
near Clifton, January 1, 1863
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No. 3
Brig. Gen. Jeremiah C. Sullivan,
U.S. Army,
commanding
District of Jackson, of skirmish at Lexington
and engagements near Jackson and at Parker's Cross-Roads,
with congratulations from Major-General
Grant
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No. 4
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Eleventh
Illinois Cavalry,
of skirmish at Lexington
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No. 5
Col. Adolph Engelmann, Forty-third
Illinois Infantry,
of engagement near Jackson
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No. 6
Lieut. Col. Adolph Dengler,
Forty-third Illinois Infantry,
of operations December 18-27,1862, including
engagement near Jackson
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No. 7
Col. Jacob Fry, Sixty-first
Illinois Infantry,
of capture of Humboldt and Trenton
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No. 8
Col. George P. Ibrie, U.S. Army,
of capture of Trenton
and skirmish at Railroad Crossing, Forked Deer River
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No. 9
Capt. Samuel B. Logan,
Fifty-fourth Illinois Infantry,
of capture of Union City
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No. 10
Col. John W.
Fuller, Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry,
of operations December 18, 1862--January 9,
1863,
including engagement at Parker's Crossroads
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No. 11
Lieut. Col. Zephaniah S. Spaulding,
Twenty-seventh Ohio
Infantry, of operations December 19, 1862--January 3,
1863,
including engagement at Parker's Cross-Roads
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No. 12
Col. Edward F. Noyes, Thirty-ninth
Ohio Infantry, of
operations December 18, 1862-January 9, 1863,
including
engagement at Parker's Cross-Roads
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No. 13
Col. John W. Sprague, Sixty-third
Ohio Infantry, of
operations December 18, 1862-January 9, 1863,
including engagement
at Parker's Cross-Roads
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No. 14
Col. Cyrus L. Dunham, Fiftieth
Indiana Infantry, of
skirmish at Huntingdon, December 30, and
engagement
at Parker's Cross-Roads
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No. 15
Col. John I. Rinaker, One hundred
and twenty-second
Illinois Infantry, of skirmish at Clarksburg
and
engagement at Parker's Cross-Roads
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No. 16
Col. H. J. B. Cummings,
Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry,
of engagement at Parker's Cross-Roads
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No. 17
Lieut. Col. William K. M.
Breckenridge, Sixth Tennessee
Cavalry (Union), of skirmish near Clifton, January l, 1863
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No. 18
Col. Michael K. Lawler, Eighteenth
Illinois Infantry,
of skirmish near Clifton, January 3, 1863
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No. 19
General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army,
commanding Army of Tennessee,
of
Forrest's and Morgan's Expedition
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No. 20
Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, C. S. Army,
commanding Expedition, of operations
December 11, 1862-January 3, 1863
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No. 21
Col. George G. Dibrell, Eighth Tennessee Cavalry,
of operations December 15, l862--January 3, 1863
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