The Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, also known as the Battle of Tishomingo Creek or the Battle of Guntown , was fought on Friday, June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi, then part of the Confederate States of America . A Federal expedition from Memphis, Tennessee , of 4,800 infantry and 3,300 cavalry, under the command of Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis , was defeated by a Confederate force of 3,...