This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/716.3 Message Board Post: The 6th Alabama Cavalry really got the worst of it in an action at Ten Islands Ford on the Coosa River. This is along the county line between Calhoun and St. Clair near a community called Greensport. The fighting took place on July 14, 1864. It's very carefully described in David Evans' book, "Sherman's Horsemen". Look at the chapters about Rousseau's Raid through Alabama.