Battle of Parker's Cross Roads | |||||||
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Part of American Civil War | |||||||
A replica cannon on the site of the battle. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
USA (Unionists) | CSA (Confederates) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jeremiah C. Sullivan | Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
50th Indiana Infantry Regiment 122nd Illinois Infantry Regiment 18th Illinois Mounted Infantry Regiment 39th Iowa Infantry Regiment 7th Wisconsin Artillery Battery 27th Ohio Infantry Regiment 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment |
8th Tennessee Cavalry 4th Alabama Cavalry 19th Tennessee Cavalry Napier's Cavalry Battalion Kentucky Battalion 4th Tennessee Cavalry 2nd Battalion Tennessee Cavalry Freeman's Battery Morton's Battery | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 | 1,800 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
237 | 500 |
The Battle of Parker's Cross Roads was fought on December 31, 1862, in Henderson County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.