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Stop-8B: Original Sacramento Station Baptist Church location - site of the saber battle
In the midst of the chase Forrest was engaged in hand-to-hand combat
with a Union soldier. He was unaware of a second soldier approaching him
from the rear. CSA Lt. Lane shot the second attacker just as Forrest
brought his foe to the ground. Union Captain Arthur Davis killed
Confederate Private William H. Terry with his sword. Fortunately for
Forrest, Davis horse fell, dismounting him and dislocating his
shoulder. Davis was forced to surrender. Another Union Captain, Albert
G. Bacon, next engaged Forrest, but his shots narrowly missed. Forrest
turned and returned fire, wounding Bacon, who refused to surrender and
fought to his death. Two Union officers charged at Forrest with drawn
sabers at the same time. He shot one and hit the other with his sword.
Their now riderless horses collided into a heap at the bottom of an
abrupt hillock. In pursuit of the retreating Union troops Forrest rode
into the pile of men and horses and ended up off his own horse. The
pursuit of the Union troops had extended some two miles north of
Sacramento toward Calhoun. By the time Forrest was back on his horse,
the Union troops were out of sight and close to the larger force in
Calhoun. He decided to abandon pursuit and return to Greenville |
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Tour Stop-9: Calhoun - Lock &
Dam #2
Union troops were set to Calhoun to protect the original lock and dam
which was located across the river on the Rumsey side. The Green River
locks and dams promoted navigation and allowed the region around the
river to become a major source of food for the lower South as it became
more involved in growing cotton. These same locks and dams allowed the
Union army to move men and supplies along the river. Go across the Green
River on Hwy 81 around the curve to the stop sign. Turn right onto KY
256 to the Lock and Dam |
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Green River from Tour Stop-9 |
