00b. Armstrong's Raid: Britton's Lane, Sept. 1, 1862 - WDS Campaign Corinth

(HISTORICAL) Battle of Britton's Lane. After skirmishes with Federal forces at Middleburg and later at Medon, Armstrong turned his cavalry to the northwest toward Denmark. Meanwhile, the tired, footsore brigade of Colonel Elias Dennis was leaving Denmark on its march southeast to Medon, the last known position of the Confederate horsemen. Local Unionist guides directed the Federal column along Britton's Lane, a narrow road that would decrease the distance to Medon by several miles. The Federal brigade was strung out over a distance of several miles with the 20th Illinois, a section of artillery, and a cavalry company in the van. At the intersection of Britton's Lane and the Steam Mill Ferry Road, a nasty little fight developed that was later called the Battle of Britton's Lane.