Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle

For other uses, see Battle of Athens (disambiguation).
Battle of Sulpher Creek Trestle
Part of the American Civil War
DateSeptember 23, 1864 (1864-09-23)-September 25, 1864 (1864-09-25)
Location
Limestone County, Alabama
Morgan County, Alabama
Giles County, Tennessee
34°54′34″N 86°59′17″W / 34.90936°N 86.98814°W / 34.90936; -86.98814
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Wallace Campbell
Jonas Elliott
W. H. Lathrop
George Spalding		 Nathan Bedford Forrest
Units involved
110th USCT
102nd Ohio Infantry
18th Michigan Infantry
111th USCT
4th Cavalry Division		 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]

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2013-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Athens-Limestone County Civil Wat Trail" (PDF). tourathens.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
  4. ^ "The Official Records of the Civil War". eHistory at OSU.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2014.