Confederate's Second Battle Line

Pushing the Union forces back, General Forrest slowly closed his pincers movement, forcing General Sturgis nearer the Crossroads. This line was anchored on the Blackland Road 400 yards northwest. The southern end stretched across the Guntown Road. Confederate units forming this line were Warren's and Williams' Battalions, 4th Alabama, Moreland's 7th Kentucky, 12th Kentucky, Morton's and Rice's Batteries, 7th Tennessee, 18th Mississippi, 16th Tennessee, 15th Tennessee, 19th Tennessee, 8th Mississippi, General Forrest's Escort, and Companies A and C of 12th Kentucky.

Guntown, Mississippi · United States