The leader of the winning side came into this battle with the goal of attacking the Charleston Railroad, and one side aimed to drive the other into the swamps of Owl Creek and prevent a link-up with Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio. The day after this battle was over, Nathan Bedford Forrest led a charge which served as the beginning of the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The tide turned in this battle when forces led by Benjamin Prentiss and W.H.L. Wallace defended the position nicknamed the "Hornet's Nest" at this battle.
The leader of the winning side came into this battle with the goal of attacking the Charleston Railroad, and one side aimed to drive the other into the swamps of Owl Creek and prevent a link-up with Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio. The day after this battle was over, Nathan Bedford Forrest led a charge which served as the beginning of the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The tide turned in this battle when forces led by Benjamin Prentiss and W.H.L. Wallace defended the position nicknamed the "Hornet's Nest" at this battle. A victory for Grant's Army of the Tennessee. FTP, identify this April 1862 Civil War battle fought in Tennessee following the capture of Fort Donelson.
The leader of the winning side came into this battle with the goal of attacking the Charleston Railroad, and one side aimed to drive the other into the swamps of Owl Creek and prevent a link-up with Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio.