Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle
| Battle of Sulpher Creek Trestle | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Wallace Campbell Jonas Elliott W. H. Lathrop George Spalding | Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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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 | 4,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2,350 | 139 | ||||||
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.
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.