Another poorly managed battle directed by Stephen D. Lee, costing the Confederacy hundreds of needless casualties. Lee repeated his formula for disaster two weeks later outside Atlanta, resulting in even higher Southern losses and nothing to show for it.

For this battle, you'll need Edwin C. Bearss, Forrest at Brice's Crossroads and in North Mississippi in 1864, Morningside, 1979. From the abbreviated title, you'd never guess that much of the book is devoted to the summer campaigns in Mississippi.