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BATTLE OF BRICES CROSS ROADS

The Battle of Brices Cross Roads was fought during the American Civil War and ended in a notable Confederate victory. The engagement took place in north-eastern Mississippi near Tupelo. On June the 10th, 1864, forces of the Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest engaged in battle with numerically superior Union troops under General Samuel Davis Sturgis, routing the enemy and capturing their artillery, supplies, and 1500 of their men. Although the battle was not decisive in relieving the beleaguered Confederacy, it is considered a brilliant tactical triumph for Forrest.
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