Battle of Swift Creek Battle of Swift Creek The Battle of Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church was fought on May 9, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Union forces were only partially successful: they inflicted damage on the local railroad, but further advance was halted. On May 9, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler made a thrust toward Petersburg and was met by Bushrod Johnson's Division at Swift Creek. A premature Confederate attack at Arrowfield Church was driven back with heavy losses, but Union forces did not follow up. After skirmishing, Butler seemed content to tear up the railroad tracks and
Battle of Alazan Creek Battle of Alazan Creek The Battle of Alazan Creek, occurred on the banks of Alazan Creek in Spanish Texas on June 20, 1813, during the Mexican War of Independence. The location is today in Bexar County, Texas, in the United States, just west of downtown San Antonio (formerly San Antonio del Bejar). The battle was fought between the Republican (Anglo-U.S.) Army of the North, which was led by Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara and Colonel Henry A. Perry, and the Spanish Royalist force which was commanded by Colonel Ignacio Elizondo. In 1812, the Republican Army of the North, composed of Criollos