![This is a sketch of a cannon stationed on a battlefield.](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/thumbnails/image/Default-Visit-Place-Field.jpg?h=80103eef&itok=K6fvr4Yy)
Day’s Gap Battlefield
Streight's Raid
The largest battle and only Union victory in Colonel Abel Streight’s ill-fated raid through Alabama, the Battle of Day’s Gap saw the men under Streight’s command face off a surprise attack from Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Though the Union men successfully repulsed Forrest’s surprise attack on their rear guard, the battle sparked a series of small skirmishes that drove them deeper into hostile territory, until, hungry and fatigued, they surrendered to the rebels.
Day’s Gap Battlefield: What's Nearby
Falkville, AL
Preservation
The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 82 acres at Day’s Gap Battlefield.
Related Battles
Battle Facts
Cullman County, AL | April 30, 1863
Result: Union Victory
Estimated Casualties
88
Union
23
23
Confed.
65
65