An historical marker in the Battleground Community near West Point.
The sign explains that the community's name originated with its being
the site of the Battle of Day's Gap in 1863.

A view of Crooked Creek. Streight's men forded Crooked Creek after
the Battle of Day's Gap and just prior to the Battle of Hog Mountain.

An historical marker located at Johnson's Crossing that tells of the flight
of Col. Streight through Cullman County and his pursuit by Gen. Nathan Forrest.
  It is near one of the last points of conflict between the two in Cullman County.

The site of the Hathaway ambush, located in the Bethsadia Community. 

The site of the Battle of Hog Mountain. 

The historical marker telling of the Battle of Hog Mountain. The sign is not actually
at the battlesite, but it is posted on nearby 278 Highway.

The Penn Cabin, located on the site of the Battle of Day's Gap, was the home of Heddy Day.
It was used as a makeshift field hospital for wounded soldiers following the battle.

Col. Abel Streight's account of his raid through North Alabama and into Georgia
included passages that described the terrain in great detail. This ravine near the
old Battleground school, is mentioned by Streight. Many minor skirmishes took
place in the course of the raid between Streight's men and those of Confederate
Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, who pursued him. Once such skirmish is thought to have
taken place near this ravine.

The site of the Ryan's Creek ambush. The skirmish at Ryan's Creek was the last of the running battles to be fought in Cullman County.

This field, located just south of the Penn Cabin at Day's Gap, was part of the battlefield during the skirmish at Day's Gap. Union soldiers camped and placed their supply wagons near the line of trees seen in this photo. Several artifacts, including an old civil war-era coffee grinder thought to have belonged to a Union soldier, have been found at this site.

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