From April 5 to 12, 1865, Croxton's brigade moved from Northport through Coker and toward Romulus as Confederate Gen. Wirt Adams's 1,500-man cavalry brigade, traveling from Columbus, Miss. to reinforce Gen. Forrest at Marion, Ala., learned of its presence. On April 6, after crossing the swollen Sipsey River toward Langer's Mill near Pleasant Ridge, looting and burning the mill, and taking provisions at Lanier's Mill, Croxton's men turned back toward Northport. Near noon, Adams's brigade attacked the Federal rear guard, the 6th Ky. Cav. Regt., and a running skirmish followed until the 6th Kentucky broke and was reinforced by four companies of the better-armed 2nd Mich. Cav. The fighting continued through heavy rain until darkness ended the action, and both sides camped near Romulus, about 13 miles from Northport. Croxton reported 34 casualties and the loss of horses and ambulance wagons, including one carrying his personal papers, while Confederate losses were not reported. On April 7 Adams's Confederates returned west toward Columbus, Miss., believing Croxton was headed that way, while Croxton continued to Northport. On April 8, seeking to rendezvous with the main Union force sweeping from Selma toward Ga., Croxton left Northport and traveled 23 miles north on the old Byler Rd. because of flooded creeks and the Black Warrior. From April 9 to 11, while encamped in the area, Federal foraging parties took provisions from the countryside and valuables from citizens; War of 1812 veteran John Prewett lost $26,000 in gold after one of these parties forced his slave to reveal its hiding place in a nearby cave. On April 12, traveling by Crabbe Rd. to Windham Springs, the brigade left Tuscaloosa County for the area of Wolf Creek in Walker County. Croxton's "Lost Brigade" eventually rejoined Gen. Wilson's Cavalry Corps on May 1 in Macon, Ga., about three weeks after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox.