April 19 – May 3 1863: Streight’s Raid
Col. Abel D. Streight, USA
Streight’s Raid took place from April 19 to May 3, 1863, in northern Alabama. It was led by Union Col. Abel D. Streight, whose goal was to destroy parts of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which was supplying the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Streight’s Raid ended with the defeat and capture of Streight and his 1,700 men at Cedar Bluff, Alabama, by Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest who had 500 men.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Chronology of events of Streight’s Raid in 1863
- Nashville, Tennessee (April 7–10) — proceeded by river
- Palmyra, Tennessee (April 11–13) — proceeded on foot
- Yellow Creek, Tennessee (April 13–14) — proceeded on foot
- Fort Henry, Tennessee (April 15–17) — proceeded by river
- Eastport, Mississippi (April 19–21) — proceeded either by foot or river
- Bear Creek/River, Mississippi (April 22) — proceeded on foot the rest of the way
- Tuscumbia, Alabama (April 24–26)
- Mount Hope, Alabama (April 27–28)
- Moulton, Alabama (April 28)
- Day’s Gap, Alabama (April 29–30)
- Battle of Day’s Gap (April 30)
- Skirmish at Crooked Creek (April 30)
- Skirmish at Hog Mountain (April 30)
- Arrival at Blountsville (May 1)
- Skirmishes at Blountsville (May 1)
- Skirmishes at the East Branch of the Black Warrior River (May 1)
- Skirmishes at the crossing of Black Creek, near Gadsden (May 2)
- Damaged ammunition while crossing Will’s Creek, near Gadsden (May 2)
- Gadsden, Alabama (May 2)
- Blount’s plantation, about 15 miles from Gadsden (May 2)
- Skirmishes at/near Blount’s Plantation, Cherokee County (May 2–3)
- Centre, Alabama (May 3)
- Cedar Bluff, Alabama (May 3)
- Surrender to Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 3 miles east of Cedar Bluff, Alabama (May 3)
- Taken to Richmond, Virginia, as prisoners of war
Source: Wikipedia contributors, “Streight’s Raid,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia