Forrest wrecks the Mobile and Ohio trestles on the Obion
December 24, 1862, Obion River near Kenton, Tennessee.
- Date
- December 24, 1862
- Where
- Obion River near Kenton, Tennessee
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 57 of 174
Forrest's command spent December 24 and 25 tearing down the heavy trestles on the North and South Forks of the Obion River, and on December 26 destroyed the Paducah Branch bridge over the North Fork. In the whole raid his men destroyed 50 bridges on the Mobile and Ohio and broke up so much trestle work that the road stayed useless until after the war.
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