BATTLE OF CROLLIERVILLE MARKER

    The SCV Wigfall Grays Camp 1560 erected an historical marker in the town square of Collierville, TN on October 13, 1996.  The marker commemorates the battle of Collierville on October 11, 1863.  The Union forces occupied a fort near the present town square.  The Confederate cavalry made an unsuccessful attempt to capture the Union fort and outlying camps.
 
    Wording of both sides of marker is shown below.
  

 
THE BATTLE OF COLLIERVILLE

    On October 11, 1863, General James R. Chamlers, with a force of about 3000 Confederate cavalrymen consisting of the 7th Tennessee, 18th Mississipppi, 2nd Missouri, 2nd Arkansas, and 3rd Mississippi, approached Collierville form the south along Mt. Pleasant Road.  Collierville, a Union supply base, was occupied continuously during the war by Union forces, the town being heavily fortified and occupied by the 66th IN Infantry.  

  1861, eighty men from Collierville organized the Wigfall Grays to oppose President Lincoln's call for volunteers to invade the South. The company was named in hontry. 

The Wigfall Grays fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the War for Southern IndependencFranklin, and Nashville.

      ERECTED BY SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
WIGFALL GRAYS CAMP 1560
The Company fought with great courage and determination for four long years against an invading army with far superior resources. One of their number, Crpl. Merrit R northern prisoner of war graves. 

     After the iligently as farmers and merchants to rebuild their homeland. Descendants of these brave men still live in Collierville today. 

 
 

 Photos of Marker and Dedication Ceremony.

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   Marker dedicated to Battle of Collierville, TN, October 11, 1863

    Members of Wigfall Grays at dedication of Confederate Veterans.  (See list of names below)

 

   The members in the second photo are:  
       {seated} Bill Kelsey, ____?___, Randy Ashley, John Renshaw, ____?___, and
      {standing} Jerry, Steve Cole, ____?___, Dr. Harold Stratton, _____?___, real son Jack Sexton, Mark Adams, Jerry Parker, Jack Werner, ___?__, Collierville Mayor Herman W. Cox, ___?___.