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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Battle of Okolona</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>February 22, 1864<span class="noprint"> (160 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1864-02-22</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_County,_Mississippi" title="Chickasaw County, Mississippi">Chickasaw County, Mississippi</a></div><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output 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style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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Forrest</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/William_Sooy_Smith" title="William Sooy Smith">William S. Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Units involved</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps_Flag.svg/15px-Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps_Flag.svg/23px-Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps_Flag.svg/30px-Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Forrest%27s_Cavalry_Corps" title="Forrest's Cavalry Corps">Forrest's Cavalry Corps</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Meridian Mississippi Expedition Cavalry</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 2,500</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 7,000</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 144</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 388</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px dotted #aaa;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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expeditions</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Meridian" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Meridian">Meridian</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Okolona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yazoo_City" title="Battle of Yazoo City">Yazoo City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Okolona</b> took place on February 22, 1864, in <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_County,_Mississippi" title="Chickasaw County, Mississippi">Chickasaw County, Mississippi</a>, between <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union</a> forces during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. Confederate cavalry, commanded by Major-General <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest">Nathan B. Forrest</a>, faced over 7,000 <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> under the command of Brigadier-General <a href="/wiki/William_Sooy_Smith" title="William Sooy Smith">William S. Smith</a> and defeated them at <a href="/wiki/Okolona,_Mississippi" title="Okolona, Mississippi">Okolona</a>, causing 100 casualties for the loss of 50.<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith's force had been ordered to set off from <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, and rendezvous with the main Union army of 20,000 that was marching on <a href="/wiki/Meridian,_Mississippi" title="Meridian, Mississippi">Meridian, Mississippi</a>, and was under the command of Major-General <a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William T. Sherman</a>. However, Smith disobeyed orders<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and delayed his march for ten days waiting on a unit that was ice bound in <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>. When he eventually left, he encountered the Confederate cavalry force on February 21, and on February 22 was engaged in a running battle across eleven miles with Forrest's forces. With Confederate reinforcements, Forrest routed Smith but did not pursue due to lack of ammunition, and Smith limped over the state line to <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> on February 26, where he was criticized for putting Sherman's <a href="/wiki/Meridian_campaign" title="Meridian campaign">Meridian campaign</a> in danger.<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Okolona&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Meridian_campaign" title="Meridian campaign">Meridian campaign</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CMH_Pub_75-15_page_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/CMH_Pub_75-15_page_13.jpg/200px-CMH_Pub_75-15_page_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/CMH_Pub_75-15_page_13.jpg/300px-CMH_Pub_75-15_page_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/CMH_Pub_75-15_page_13.jpg/400px-CMH_Pub_75-15_page_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="1433" /></a><figcaption>1864 Meridian campaign</figcaption></figure> <p>Meridian was an important railroad center, and was the objective of a campaign launched from <a href="/wiki/Vicksburg,_Mississippi" title="Vicksburg, Mississippi">Vicksburg, Mississippi</a>, on February 3 by Sherman, who brought 20,000 men to the outskirts of the town. Seven thousand cavalry under Smith's command were stationed in Memphis, and on February 1 these were ordered to leave for Meridian along the <a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad">Mobile & Ohio Railroad</a> and rendezvous with the main Union force on February 10.<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Sherman feinted his way towards Meridian to throw off Confederate forces, Smith delayed his own advance for ten days before leaving on February 11. His force moved unopposed through the countryside, destroying railroads and crops as well as picking up 1,000 slaves. On February 16 he passed through <a href="/wiki/New_Albany,_Mississippi" title="New Albany, Mississippi">New Albany</a>, his progress slowed due to muddy roads. On February 18 he drove a Confederate force from <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_Mississippi" title="West Point, Mississippi">West Point</a>, and he was 90 miles from Meridian, just outside West Point, on February 20 when Sherman eventually left his position in the town and returned to Vicksburg, fearing for Smith's whereabouts.<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith, hearing of this, turned about and headed for Okolona. </p><p>Later on February 20, Smith fought an initial battle with Confederate forces under Forrest's command at Prairie Station and Aberdeen. On February 21, having decided to withdraw to West Point because of concern over the size of the Confederate forces and the fate of the slaves if they were captured, Smith was lured into the swampy area around the <a href="/wiki/Tombigbee_River" title="Tombigbee River">Tombigbee River</a> by a Confederate cavalry brigade under Colonel <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_E._Forrest" title="Jeffrey E. Forrest">Jeffrey E. Forrest</a>. Smith was forced again to retreat, leaving a rearguard, which followed his main force two hours later.<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_battle">The battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Okolona&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Okolona_Battlefield_Mississippi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Okolona_Battlefield_Mississippi.jpg/200px-Okolona_Battlefield_Mississippi.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Okolona_Battlefield_Mississippi.jpg/300px-Okolona_Battlefield_Mississippi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Okolona_Battlefield_Mississippi.jpg/400px-Okolona_Battlefield_Mississippi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="1020" /></a><figcaption>Okolona Battlefield core and study areas by the <a href="/wiki/American_Battlefield_Protection_Program" title="American Battlefield Protection Program">American Battlefield Protection Program</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Forrest arrived to conduct the battle as the rearguard began to retreat, and led the first attack at dawn on February 22 on the prairie south of Okolona. The Union forces had dismounted and constructed barricades around their positions. Forrest began a frontal assault and probing flank attacks, and with Confederate reinforcements, cut gaps in the Union battle lines and prompted a general retreat, with five cannons being abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-B48_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B48-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Union forces reformed on a ridge, and during a flurry of attacks and counterattacks<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Col. Forrest, the major general's younger brother, was killed by a shot to the neck.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He allegedly died in the arms of his brother, who muttered "Jeffrey, Jeffrey."<sup id="cite_ref-B48_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B48-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faltering after the colonel's death, the Confederate attack was revitalized by the older Forrest, who led a charge to "exact vengeance" and break the Union positions.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the pursuit, Forrest and his group were briefly overwhelmed before Col. McCullough arrived with reinforcements.<sup id="cite_ref-B48_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B48-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Union forces began an eleven-mile running battle as they withdrew, falling back through a series of defensive positions including plantations and roadblocks. However, these positions were quickly abandoned in the face of Confederate attacks. Towards the end of the day, the Union forces drew into three lines on a field, and charged the Confederates, who used volley fire to disrupt both charges at a range of 40 yards. Facing such defeat, Smith began a further withdrawal.<sup id="cite_ref-B48_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B48-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forrest quickly ordered the end of the pursuit due to lack of ammunition, but Smith was forced to contend with other <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Troops" title="Mississippi State Troops">Mississippi militia</a> units for the rest of his retreat to the Tennessee border.<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/Collierville,_Tennessee" title="Collierville, Tennessee">Collierville, Tennessee</a>, Smith crossed the state line on February 26 with the remainder of his forces, where he was reprimanded for disobeying his initial orders to start out for Meridian on February 1.<sup id="cite_ref-ABPP_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABPP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to failing health Smith left the military in September 1864 and returned to civilian life.<sup id="cite_ref-CWR_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battlefield_preservation">Battlefield preservation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Okolona&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Battlefield preservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Battlefield_Trust" title="American Battlefield Trust">American Battlefield Trust</a> and its partners have acquired and preserved more than 269 acres (1.09 km<sup>2</sup>) of the Okolona battlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Okolona&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Okolona&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABPP_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The American Battlefield Protection Program <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ms013.htm"><i>Okolona</i></a> retrieved July 7, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-B48-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-B48_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-B48_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-B48_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-B48_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Browning p. 48</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wyeth p. 289</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Browning p. 56</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CWR-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CWR_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Civil War Reverence <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.civilwarreference.com/people/index.php?peopleID=4272"><i>CWR</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120324015108/http://www.civilwarreference.com/people/index.php?peopleID=4272">Archived</a> 2012-03-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.battlefields.org/visit/battlefields/okolona-battlefield">"Okolona Battlefield"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/American_Battlefield_Trust" title="American Battlefield Trust">American Battlefield Trust</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 20,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=American+Battlefield+Trust&rft.atitle=Okolona+Battlefield&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.battlefields.org%2Fvisit%2Fbattlefields%2Fokolona-battlefield&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Okolona" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Okolona&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li>Browning, Robert M., <i>Forrest: The Confederacy's Relentless Warrior</i>, Brassey's, 2004, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57488-625-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-57488-625-8">1-57488-625-8</a>.</li> <li>Wyeth, John Allan, <i>That Devil Forrest: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest</i>, Harper, 1959, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8071-1578-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8071-1578-9">0-8071-1578-9</a>.</li> <li>The American Battlefield Protection Program <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ms013.htm"><i>Okolona</i></a> retrieved July 7, 2007.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Okolona&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Beck, Brandon H. <i>The Battle of Okolona: Defending the Mississippi Prairie</i>. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2009. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59629-778-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59629-778-4">978-1-59629-778-4</a>.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Mississippi_in_the_American_Civil_War" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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