There was a battle in Oxford. General James R. Chalmers, CSA was confronted by union troops coming from Holly Springs. He slowly withdrew south from Abbeville through Oxford toward Water Valley. Union troops fought him all the way into Oxford. It was during this engagement that General Nathan Bedford Forrest withdrew toward Panola and then on to his famous raid in Memphis. As for the yankees burning Oxford, regretfully they did as well as outlying areas. It was about 8 miles east of town where they raided my G. G. G. Grandfather's farm and stole a lot. John Echols