American Civil War: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brice's_Crossroads" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Brice's Crossroads">Battle of Brice's Crossroads</a>: Confederate troops under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a> defeat a much larger Union force led by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_D._Sturgis" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Samuel D. Sturgis">Samuel D. Sturgis</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>.