Photo: Closer View of Forrest's "Both Ways" Charge Field

Photographer: David Graff
Taken: April 24, 2012
Caption: Closer View of Forrest's "Both Ways" Charge Field
Additional Description: This panorama looks south from the Wildersville Road (previously Pleasant Exchange Road) toward the field of Forrest's Charge. It was taken about 1300 feet southeast of the marker. As of April 2012, there are no trails or interpretation on the field of the charge.

While Forrest's main force that had surrounded Dunham's Union brigade began retreating south toward Lexington, Forrest with about 75 to 100 cavalry troopers, began a charge from near McDonald's Restaurant (red roof at extreme right) and raced through an open field following the route of Interstate 40 (in front of the distant tree line). Reaching a point just off the right of this view and southeast of Jones Cemetery (Tour Stop 4), his troopers reversed direction and attacked the flank of Fuller's 27th Ohio with the 7th Wisconsin Battery taking their horses. This would have been beside or south of the Wildersville Road near this location. Forrest's charge continued west disrupting Fuller's 63rd and 39th Ohio regiments. Finally they turned south on the Lexington-Huntingdon Road (near McDonald's Restaurant) and followed the main Confederate cavalry force south.
Submitted: March 6, 2013, by David Graff of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p235722
File Size: 0.750 Megabytes

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