Battle of Days’s Gap

Civil War Battlefield

Vinemont AL
Cullman County Alabama

The Battle of Day’s Gap, fought on April 30, 1863, was the first in a series of American Civil War skirmishes in Cullman County, Alabama, that lasted until May 2, known as Streight’s Raid. Commanding the Union forces was Col. Abel Streight; Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led the Confederate forces.

Col. Streight left Nashville for Eastport Mississippi and then east to Tuscumbia Alabama. On April 30, Gen Forrest attacked Streight’s rearguard at Day’s Gap on Snad Mountain. The Union troops replused the attack and a series of running skirmishes and engagements followed:

• Crooked Creek – April 30
• Hog Mountain – April 30
• Blountsville _May 1
• Black Creek / Gadsend May 2
• Blount’s Plantation – May 2

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