⚔️📍 Brice's Cross Roads, Mississippi1864
Battle of Brice's Cross Roads — Forrest's Masterpiece
Confederate cavalry General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated a Union force twice his size at Brice's Cross Roads, using a textbook cavalry encirclement to rout and capture 1,600 men and 18 artillery pieces. Forrest lost fewer than 500 men.
Brice's Cross Roads is studied as a tactical masterpiece and secured Forrest's reputation as one of the war's most brilliant commanders despite never receiving formal military training.
Outcome
Confederate victory; Union force routed
Casualties
3,000