Bainbridge, Alabama
Bainbridge, Alabama
Bam Bridge
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| Coordinates: 34°48′25″N 87°22′55″W / 34.80694°N 87.38194°W |
Bainbridge is a ghost town in Colbert and Lauderdale counties in Alabama, near Muscle Shoals.
It is submerged under Wilson lake on the Tennessee River
It is 55 miles from Huntsville, 99 miles from Birmingham, 100 miles from Nashville, 126 miles from Chattanooga, 145 miles from Memphis, 194 miles from Atlanta, 221 miles from Knoxville, 226 miles from Jackson, and 268 miles from Paducah and Little Rock.
History
Pre-Civil War
Bainbridge was founded in 1819. In early days was the site of a plantation belonging to John Donelson IV, a grandson of John Donelson and nephew of Andrew Jackson.[1]
The first state highway was built through Bainbridge[2]
There was a ferry over the Tennessee river.[2]
In the 1840s many people moved to Florence and Tuscumbia[2]
Civil War
During the Civil war both sides wanted control of the town.
1863
In April 1863 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest crossed the Tennessee river in Bainbridge and with General Phillip Roddey attacked the Union forces at Town Creek.
1864
Summer
Members of the 4th Alabama Cavalry met the 2nd Union Cavalry at Bainbridge.
Some of the wounded men gone to Bainbridge.
October 30th
General Hood crossed the Tennessee river at Florence and met General Gibson.
December 23rd
The Confederates Were defeated in Nashville. So they retreated to near Bainbridge, where they built a bridge across the Tennessee river.
Decline
By 1924 all that remained of the settlement were hundred-year-old headstones in the cemetery.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Huge Lake Overflows Scenes of Happy Days". The Florence Herald. 1924-09-12. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ a b c "Bainbridge Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2025-03-18.