Tennessee 11th Volunteer Cavalry (Union)

Johnsonville

In an effort to check the Union army's advance through Georgia, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led a 23-day raid culminating in an attack on the Yankee supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee. Swinging north from Corinth, Mississippi and temporarily blockading the Tennessee River at Fort Herman, Forrest moved southward along the river's west bank, capturing several U.S. steamers and a gunboat. On November 4th, Forrest began positioning his artillery across the river from the Federal supply base and landin…READ MORE