After heavy fighting and defeat at Corinth, Mississippi, Confederate Gen. Earl Van Dorn's army, en route to Ripley, Mississippi, crossed the river near here at Young's Bridge. Watson's Battery and Gen. John S. Bowen's brigade, 15th and 16th Mississippi Infantry, furnished rear guard against pursuing Federals under Gen. James B. McPherson. After successfully holding off Union troops, Bowen's men burned the bridge and made their escape. Federal casualties remain unknown. Confederates reported twelve wounded and three killed.