Near Benevola in Pickens County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
King's Store Skirmish
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Lanier's Mill Skirmish
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, March 2, 2008
1. King's Store Skirmish Marker
On April 6, 1865, near this site. Confederate forces from Carrollton and Bridgeville attacked a unit of Brig. Gen. John T. Croxton's Union forces under Capt. William A. Sutherland. Union forces were compelled to abandon 37 Confederate prisoners earlier captured. Union reports counted one mortally wounded and another taken prisoner. No Confederate casualties were documented. Unable to rejoin Gen. Croxton as ordered. Capt. Sutherland and his 6th Kentucky Cavalry marched on to Decatur.
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On April 6, 1865, near this site on the Sipsey River, Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate forces, under Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams, met Union forces under Brig. Gen. John T. Croxton, Union forces numbering 1,500 men, having burned the 3-story brick mill and resumed their march, were attacked by an equal number of Confederate forces. Gen. Adams reported his losses as 9 killed and 25 wounded and estimated Union losses as 75 killed or captured. Confederates took 2 Union ambulances and the personal baggage of Gen. Croxton, who was forced back to Tuscaloosa. On May 4, when he surrendered, Gen. Adams received this
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Erected 1999 by Pickens County Historical Society and Alabama Historical Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.
Location. 33° 8.414′ N, 87° 55.494′ W. Marker is near Benevola, Alabama, in Pickens County. It can be reached from Benevola Road (County Road 63) 3.4 miles east of Cotton Bridge Road (County Road 156), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14175 Benevola Rd, Gordo AL 35466, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, March 2, 2008
2. Lanier's Mill Skirmish
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 2.9 miles away); Beulah Baptist Church (approx. 8.8 miles away); Running Skirmish at Romulus (approx. 10 miles away); Bethel Baptist Church (approx. 10.9 miles away); First City Hall - Jail (approx. 12½ miles away); History of Gordo, Alabama (approx. 12.6 miles away); Carrollton Short Line Railroad (approx. 12.8 miles away); Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church (approx. 12.8 miles away).
Another marker is no longer nearby. Romulus, Alabama (was approx. 10 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 15 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 28, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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