James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

[237] Lyon and Johnson and Rucker, all rushed to the attack, while Faulkner's Kentucky regiment, commanded by Major Tate of Tennessee, and the Seventh Tennessee, Colonel Duckworth, charged the line mounted. ‘At last,’ said General Sturgis, ‘overpowered and exhausted, the roads became crowded and jammed with Federal troops. No power could now check or control the panic-stricken mass as it swept toward the rear, led off by Colonel Winslow at the head of his brigade of cavalry, who never halted until he had reached Stubb's plantation, ten miles in the rear.’

Grierson, with a humor akin to that of the late Artemus Ward, in an address dated June 16, 1864, to the officers and soldiers of his cavalry division, said: ‘Your general congratulates you upon your noble conduct during the expedition under General Sturgis. Fighting against overwhelming numbers for hours on foot, you repulsed the charges of the enemy's infantry and turned his assaults into confusion.’

Tishomingo creek was one of the best fought battles during the war between the States, and the most complete victory. Forrest's tactics were perfect. He held Sturgis' well-appointed cavalry, 3,500 strong, with a skirmish line until he could concentrate his troops; then he forced the fighting and routed Grierson in time to attack and crush 5,000 infantry, regiment by regiment, as they came into action. The fruits of the victory were the capture of 1,618 prisoners, of which number 150 were commissioned officers; the entire supply train of the enemy, numbering 168 uninjured wagons; 16 pieces of artillery, with the caissons and limber, harness and fixtures, and a full supply of ammunition; 300,000 rounds of ammunition for small-arms, and 3,000 muskets and carbines abandoned by the flying enemy. General Sturgis reported a loss of 215 killed, 379 wounded. The Confederates lost 492 killed and wounded, of whom 96 were killed. Among the latter were Capt. John Bell, of the staff of Bell's brigade; Capt.