Streight's Raid (19 April – 3 May 1863) took place in northern Alabama during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest (1820-1877), Streight's goal was to destroy parts of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which was supplying the Confederate Army of Tennessee to the north.

[1] Streight was additionally hindered by Southern locals throughout his march, while pursued by Forrest, who had the advantage of knowing the home territory and the sympathy and aid of the local Alabama populace, most famously of Emma Sansom (1847-1900), who later had a statue erected for her in Gadsden, Alabama, which subsequently became controversial in 2020.

After surrendering and being informed of the deception Streight reputedly demanded his arms back to prepare for a proper fight, a request cheerfully declined by Forrest.

This unsuccessful Northern raid was coordinated with the more famous Grierson's Raid, also in April-May 1863, with 1,700 mounted troopers in three regiments by Col. Benjamin Grierson (1826-1911), further west driving south around the besieged Mississippi River port town and fortress of Vicksburg down through Mississippi from LaGrange, Tennessee to the Federal-occupied state capital of Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the south, partially as a feint to confuse the scattered Confederate forces.