Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
Strength
2,350[1][2]
4,500[3]
Casualties and losses
2,350[1]
139[4]
Map of Athens Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
The Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, also known as the Battle of Athens, was fought near Athens, Alabama (Limestone County, Alabama), from September 23 to 25, 1864 as part of the American Civil War.[5]
In September 1864, General Nathan Bedford Forrest led his force into northern Alabama and middle Tennessee to disrupt the supply of William Tecumseh Sherman's army in Georgia.
The battle's site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[6]
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^"Athens-Limestone County Civil Wat Trail" (PDF). tourathens.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
^"The Official Records of the Civil War". eHistory at OSU.
^The National Park service considers the engagements at Battle of Athens, September 23–24, and the Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, September 25 to be one battle Update to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields - State of Alabama.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
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