num_pages: 232
description: To pit the legendary Confederate cavalry leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and his veteran cavalry regiments against a rookie Union Infantry colonel and his four infantry regiments mounted on mules might seem laughable but it turned out to be anything but. The Union Raid began with a 300 mile boat trip then began its move toward Georgia from the Mississippi/Alabama border. Its goal was to disrupt the rail line supplying Confederate troops in Tennessee. In a textbook tactical campaign Streight held off the veteran Forrest until exhaustion bad luck and poor equipment did him in. This book tells the details.
language: English
title: The Lightning Mule Brigade: Abel Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama
publisher: Booksurge Publishing