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Encyclopedia of Alabama: Streight's Raid

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Union Colonel Abel Streight led a poorly prepared army into the hands of Confederate General Nathan Forrest in spring of 1863. The events leading to this unsuccessful raid are presented in this narrative.

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abel streight, alabama history, civil war in alabama, confederacy, confederate, encyclopedia of alabama, federal army, nathan bedford forrest, streight's raid, union, alabama in the civil war
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