Pleasant Ridge, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Pleasant Ridge, Alabama
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Pushpin Label:Pleasant Ridge
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Name2:Greene
Elevation Ft:305
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:33.0142°N -88.0836°W
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Area Code:205, 659
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:155209

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, 17.2miles northwest of Eutaw.

History

A post office operated under the name Pleasant Ridge from 1825 to 1918.[1] 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.[2] The 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment engaged with Adams' forces.[3] 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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tuscaloosa County . Jim Forte Postal History . 30 November 2015.
  2. Book: Willis Brewer. Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872. 1872. Barrett & Brown. 260.
  3. Book: Benson John Lossing. The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America. 1874. T. Belknap. 2.
  4. Scott W. Owens, "The Federal Invasion of Pickens County," The Alabama Review, April 2009, 62(2):83-112