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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N4Z_forrests-artillery_Wildersville-TN.html
Forrest's Brilliant and Unconventional Use of Artillery is one of the hallmarks of the Battle of Parker's Crossroads. He placed his artillery in front of his troops, rather than behind them, and used a continuous barrage of fire from his guns to f…
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Two Futile Charges The Union line, positioned about one-quarter mile north of here, made two futile charges against the Confederate guns. Forrest then ordered a general advance and his line, utilizing a frightful barrage of artillery and small ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EPU_union-cemetery_Wildersville-TN.html
At least 30 Union soldiers were killed during the battle at Parker's Crossroads. Those who were killed in action were buried here shortly after the battle took place. Those burials took places according to orders issued by the War Department in…
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The Confederates pressed forward, taking possession of the high ground abandoned by the Union troops, Forrest advancing his battle line into small arms range. The Confederate artillerists manhandled their guns forward, resuming their punishing fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DIT_enfilading-the-line_Wildersville-TN.html
enfilade — the firing of a gun or guns so as to sweep the length of a target, such as a column of troops Confederate Artillery Position On the rise where you now stand a portion of the Confederate battery was positioned. From this vant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DIN_the-lexington-huntingdon-road_Wildersville-TN.html
The Historic Road In front of you is the original roadbed of the Lexington-Huntingdon Road. This road, which figured so prominently in the Battle of Parker's Crossroads, connected the county seats of Henderson and Carroll counties, respectively…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DG9_flight-to-safety_Wildersville-TN.html
Forrest's command to charge both ways bought the Confederate commander some time. He ordered his men to remount and to head for the Lexington-Huntingdon Road, Forrest himself, unwilling to abandon his artillery, led about 75 men toward the guns. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DG8_charge-them-both-ways_Wildersville-TN.html
Just when victory seemed certain, Colonel Charles Carroll galloped up to Forrest with the news that a large Union force was fast approaching their rear along the Lexington-Huntington Road and was deploying in line of battle. Forrest, who had left …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DG7_fullers-assault_Wildersville-TN.html
Colonel John W. Fuller's Ohio Brigade left Huntingdon well before dawn on December 31. When just north of Clarksburg, around 10:30 a.m., Fuller received orders from Generals Jeremiah Sullivan and Isham Haynie to wait for the rear guard before resu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DFJ_confederate-horseholders_Wildersville-TN.html
Forrest's Cavalry fought dismounted at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads, as was customary. Cavalry depended upon their mounts and military protocol defined how horses were handled in battle. One of every four horsemen remained mounted and took co…
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