A post office operated under the name Pleasant Ridge from 1825 to 1918.[2] On April 6, 1865, there was a skirmish between Union forces under the command of Brigadier General John T. Croxton and Confederate forces under the command of Brigadier-General William Wirt Adams near Pleasant Ridge. Croxton was leaving Tuscaloosa, having burned the University of Alabama on April 4.[3] The 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment engaged with Adams' forces.[4] Union casualties were three killed in action, eight wounded, sixty-eight captured. Adams's Confederate force suffered nine killed, twenty-five wounded, and one captured.[5]
pleasant, ridge, alabama, pleasant, ridge, also, known, ridge, unincorporated, community, greene, county, alabama, united, states, pleasant, ridge, located, alabama, state, route, miles, northwest, eutaw, unincorporated, communitypleasant, ridgeshow, alabamapl. Pleasant Ridge also known as Ridge is an unincorporated community in Greene County Alabama United States Pleasant Ridge is located on Alabama State Route 14 17 2 miles 27 7 km northwest of Eutaw Pleasant Ridge AlabamaUnincorporated communityPleasant RidgeShow map of AlabamaPleasant RidgeShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 33 00 51 N 88 05 01 W 33 01417 N 88 08361 W 33 01417 88 08361CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyGreeneElevation305 ft 93 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code s 205 659GNIS feature ID155209 1 History editA post office operated under the name Pleasant Ridge from 1825 to 1918 2 On April 6 1865 there was a skirmish between Union forces under the command of Brigadier General John T Croxton and Confederate forces under the command of Brigadier General William Wirt Adams near Pleasant Ridge Croxton was leaving Tuscaloosa having burned the University of Alabama on April 4 3 The 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment engaged with Adams forces 4 Union casualties were three killed in action eight wounded sixty eight captured Adams s Confederate force suffered nine killed twenty five wounded and one captured 5 References edit Pleasant Ridge Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Tuscaloosa County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved November 30 2015 Willis Brewer 1872 Alabama Her History Resources War Record and Public Men From 1540 to 1872 Barrett amp Brown pp 260 Benson John Lossing 1874 The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America T Belknap pp 2 Scott W Owens The Federal Invasion of Pickens County The Alabama Review April 2009 62 2 83 112 nbsp This Greene County Alabama state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pleasant Ridge Alabama amp oldid 1167497149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
