Freeman's Battery, commanded by Captain Samuel L. Freeman, served with General Forrest from October 9, 1862, until April 10, 1863. On that day, while advancing toward Franklin, Tennessee, on the Lewisburg Pike, Forrest's command was attacked by the 4th U.S. Cavalry. Forrest's regiments were widely separated, and Freeman's isolated battery became the focus of the charge. Freeman ordered the battery into action and injured his knee while placing the guns. After a primer failed, the enemy captured 31 men and their guns. Hearing the gunfire, Forrest rushed toward the battery's position. Fearing Forrest's vengeance, the Federals cut the guns down and ordered their captives to run or be shot. Unable to run, the unarmed and injured Freeman was shot in the mouth and killed instantly. The battery doctor was also shot but survived. Freeman, a young teacher, law student, and Forrest's first artillery captain, was buried in Springhill, Tennessee, on April 11, 1863. In future engagements, Forrest never gave quarter to the 4th U.S. Cavalry. Of Freeman, Forrest said, "Brave man, none braver." Command of the battery then passed to Captain Amirah Huggins, who led it until the end of the war. Years after the war, one of the battery's cannoneers said, "we always held to the name of Freeman."