Stephens' Brigade
Cheatham's Division - Polks Corps
C.S.
Stephen's (2d) Brigade,
7th Ky., 9th Tenn., 6th Tenn., Batt'n 1st Tenn.,
Smith's Mississippi Battery,
Cheatham's (2d) Div., Polk's Corps,
Army of the Mississippi.
This brigade with its regiments in order from left to right as above, and battery in rear, bivouacked at this place Saturday night, April 5, 1862. At about 7 A.M. Sunday morning the 1st Tenn. was detached to the right to guard a ford on Lick Creek. The remainder of the brigade moved forward along the Pittsburg Road and became engaged at Hornets' Nest.
Marker is on Tennessee Route 22, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
