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Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Selma |image= |begin=April 2, 1865 |end=Same day |place=Dallas County, Alabama |theater=Western Theater |campaign=Wilson’s Raid in Alabama and G..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Selma
|image=
|begin=April 2, 1865
|end=Same day
|place=Dallas County, [[Alabama]]
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Wilson’s Raid in Alabama and Georgia
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[James H. Wilson]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Nathan Bedford Forrest]]<br/>Lieutenant General, CSA
|strength1=13,500
|strength2=5,000 est.
|casualties1='''319'''
|casualties2='''2,700'''
}}
Maj. Gen. [[James H. Wilson]], commanding three divisions of Union cavalry, about 13,500 men, led his men south from Gravelly Springs, Alabama, on March 22, 1865. Opposed by Confederate Lt. Gen. [[Nathan B. Forrest]], Wilson skillfully continued his march and eventually defeated him in a running battle at Ebenezer Church, on April 1. Continuing towards Selma, Wilson split his command into three columns. Although Selma was well-defended, the Union columns broke through the defenses at separate points forcing the Confederates to surrender the city, although many of the officers and men, including Forrest and Lt. Gen. [[Richard Taylor]], escaped. Selma demonstrated that even Forrest, whom some had considered invincible, could not stop the unrelenting Union movements deep into the Southern Heartland. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Selma
|image=
|begin=April 2, 1865
|end=Same day
|place=Dallas County, [[Alabama]]
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Wilson’s Raid in Alabama and Georgia
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[James H. Wilson]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Nathan Bedford Forrest]]<br/>Lieutenant General, CSA
|strength1=13,500
|strength2=5,000 est.
|casualties1='''319'''
|casualties2='''2,700'''
}}
Maj. Gen. [[James H. Wilson]], commanding three divisions of Union cavalry, about 13,500 men, led his men south from Gravelly Springs, Alabama, on March 22, 1865. Opposed by Confederate Lt. Gen. [[Nathan B. Forrest]], Wilson skillfully continued his march and eventually defeated him in a running battle at Ebenezer Church, on April 1. Continuing towards Selma, Wilson split his command into three columns. Although Selma was well-defended, the Union columns broke through the defenses at separate points forcing the Confederates to surrender the city, although many of the officers and men, including Forrest and Lt. Gen. [[Richard Taylor]], escaped. Selma demonstrated that even Forrest, whom some had considered invincible, could not stop the unrelenting Union movements deep into the Southern Heartland. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]