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Confederate Raid on Memphis Ends in Retreat and Parts Lost
The Memphis raid of August 21 1864 led by Gen Forest with 2500 3000 cavalry aimed at capturing Maj Gen Washburn and Gen Buckland. Bell Provost Marshal Col W B Bell and the 6th Iowa helped block the attack lengthening the fight and forcing a Confederate retreat with prisoners horses and wounded scattered throughout the Hernando road scene. Washburn Buckland escaped through back alleys to Fort Pickering while the attackers suffered casualties and captured prisoners in the ensuing street fighting.
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General Forest
A J. Smith
Oxford
Tennessee
Smith
Memphis
Forest
Towit
Washburn
Grierson
Hurlbut
Buckland
Irving Block
Iowa
Provo
W. B. Bell
113Th Illinois
The
Th Lown Infantry
C. C. Washburn
West Tennessee
KE. R. S. Canby
West
Mississippi
Guyse House
Hernando Road
General Buckland
Fort Pickering
Canby
Mississippi River
113Th
McGlorick
Tse
Wisconsin
Eral
A. J. Smith
Miss
Bucklard
Tallahatchie
Panola
LaGrange
Abbiville
C. C. Howard
Department of Tennessee