JOHNSONVILLE: Union Supply Operations on the Tennessee River and the Battle of Johnsonville, November 4-5, 1864

On November 4-5, 1864, Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's troopers attacked the Federal supply depot at Johnsonville, Tennessee, destroying tons of invaluable supplies. The complex land-water operation nearly wiped out the supply depot, the use of railroads and logistics, and its defense by U.S. Colored Troops. Well illus.