Scotts Hill, on the Decatur-Henderson County line along the stage road from the Tennessee River into West Tennessee, was a popular stop for travelers and saw Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry brigade pass through during his West Tennessee raid of December 15, 1862, to January 3, 1863. After crossing the Tennessee River at Clifton on December 15, Forrest rode northwest on the stage road, camped near Bath Springs, and moved through Scotts Hill on the way to Lexington and points west as he attacked Federal supply lines. On the return, after escaping disaster at Parker’s Crossroads on December 31, Forrest passed through Scotts Hill again on January 1, 1863, fought a brief action at McCorkle Hill, and crossed the river at Clifton the next day. During the raid, his men rode about 300 miles through rain, sleet, and snow, averaging 20 miles a day, and destroyed 50 bridges on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad by burning trestles and tearing up rails; the wider raid severed Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s supply line between Columbus, Kentucky, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, forced Grant to shift his supply base to Memphis, included a victory over Union Col. Robert G. Ingersoll’s cavalry at Lexington, the capture of Trenton and Union City, and a brief movement into Kentucky.