"was (wounded) at cross roads Mississ and sent to the (hospital).
BRICE'S CROSS-ROADS, MISS
JUNE 10TH, 1864
(Also known as Guntown)
Brice's Cross-Roads, Miss., June 10, 1864. Expedition
under Brig. Gen. S. D. Sturgis. On June 2, 1863, Gen. Sturgis
marched from camp near La Fayette with about 8,000 men of the
Military District of West Tennessee. The force comprised a
division of cavalry under Brig.-Gen. B. H. Grierson-the two
brigades of which were commanded respectively by Col. G. E.
Waring, Jr., and Col. E. F. Winslow-and a division of infantry
under Col. William L. McMillen, whose brigade commanders were
Cols. A. Wilkin, G. B. Hoge and E. Bouton, the latter leading
a colored brigade. With the cavalry were a 6-gun battery and
4 mountain howitzers, while the infantry had 12 pieces of
artillery. On the morning of the 1Oth the cavalry, Waring's
brigade in advance, left camp at 5:30 a. m. When it arrived
at Brice's cross-roads the Confederates, commanded by Gen.
Forrest, were first encountered. Grierson halted his column
and sent heavy patrols out on all of the four roads. The
force proceeding on the Baldwyn road had gone about a mile
when it encountered the enemy in great strength and Waring's
whole brigade was brought into the action to develop the
enemy's force. A portion of Winslow's brigade was thrown out
on the Fulton road connecting with Waring's right, holding
about 600 men in reserve. The Confederates advanced upon
Grierson's position with double line of skirmishers and line
of battle, but the Union line held. As soon as the infantry
arrived Grierson asked permission to withdraw the cavalry as
the men were exhausted and almost out of ammunition. Sturgis
oversaw the placing of the artillery, which had no sooner
opened than the enemy replied. The right of the line seemed
to be bearing the brunt of the attack and Grierson was
directed to send some cavalry to support it, but the pressure
was too great and the exhausted cavalry began to give way. At
the same time the enemy showed more strength on the left and
the center was badly in need of reinforcements. Sturgis was
making for the head of the colored brigade guarding the train
to bring it into action, when the whole line gave way, and at
5 p. m., after 7 hours of sharp fighting, the Union troops
fell back. Part of them became confused and the result was a
panic, but by hard work Grierson and Sturgis succeeded in
rallying 1,200 or 1,500 men, who for a time formed a rear
guard and held the enemy in check. The road became jammed
with wagons and men, and 14 pieces of artillery and 200 wagons
were captured by the enemy. It was not until the Federal
column reached Stubbs' plantation, 10 miles from the scene of
action, that a halt was made and something like order
restored. Early the next morning a complete reorganization
was effected at Ripley and the retreat was continued in an
orderly manner. The Union loss was 223 killed, 394 wounded
and 1,623 captured or missing. Forrest reported his loss as
96 killed 396 wounded and none missing. This engagement is
called in the Confederate reports the battle of Tishomingo
creek, and is also sometimes referred to as the battle of
Guntown, as it occurred near that place.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 5
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