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Forrest's Raid
U.S. 64, at 114,
TN ,
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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At Clifton, 8 miles N., Forrest crossed the river with 1800 cavalry men and 4 guns, on a 200-mile raid into Tennessee. Recrossing there, Jan. I, 1863, he had tom up 3 trunk railroads, taken more Federal prisoners than he had soldiers, taken or destroyed 10 guns and military stores worth millions; he had immobilized more than ten times his strength in Federal troops and delayed Grant's Vicksburg campaign 6 months.
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