West Tennessee Raids
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West Tennessee Raids
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Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee was a raid conducted by Confederate Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Tennessee from December 1862 to January 1863, during the American Civil War. Forrest led an expedition of 1,800 to 2,500 men into Union-held West Tennessee to disrupt the supply lines of Major General Ulysses S. Grant, who was campaigning south along the Mississippi River toward Vicksburg. The Confederate objective was to dismantle segments of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad betw
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2024-03-01T03:11:24Z
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