Forrest raids the Union supply centre at Murfreesboro
July 13, 1862, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
- Date
- July 13, 1862
- Where
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- What happened
- Raided
- Event
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Forrest's 1,400 cavalry struck Murfreesboro, an important Union supply centre on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, at dawn and forced every Union unit there to surrender. The raiders destroyed much of the supplies and tore up track in the area. The raid diverted Union forces from a drive on Chattanooga.
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