Battle of Tuscumbia

The Battle of Tuscumbia, also referred to as the Engagement at Little Bear Creek, was an American Civil War battle fought near Tuscumbia, Alabama on October 26 and 27, 1863. It followed the Battle of Cherokee Station.

Tuscumbia and nearby Florence, Alabama changed hands many times during the Civil War.

Jeffrey Forrest, one of Nathan Bedford Forrest's siblings, was brought to the Coons / Steele-Armistead House at 406 Main Street in Tuscumbia after being wounded in the Battle of Tuscumbia.