Civil War Trust dedicates Hog Mountain battlefield

摘要

Hog Mountain, a pristine battlefield site in Alabama, was dedicated with the unveiling of two interpretive markers in April-coinciding with the 150th anniversary of Streight's Raid-courtesy of the Civil War Trust. Union Col. Abel Streight's men raided Alabama while en route to Georgia to cut the Western Atlantic Railroad, a Confederate supply line. In April 1863, Confederate cavalry under Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest trailed Streight's raiders and forced the Yankees to set up lines of battle at sites including Day's Gap and Hog Mountain. The Battle of Hog Mountain began shortly after dark on April 28. Streight's men established lines atop Hog Mountain and waited for Forrest. Streight succeeded in pulling away from Forrest and moving on to his destination in Georgia.