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,268 miles from Paducah and Little Rock.

It was established in 1819

The first state highway was built through Bainbridge^[1]

There was a ferry over the Tennessee river^[1]

In the 1840s lots of people were moving to Florence and Tuscumbia^[1]

During the Civil war both sides wanted to get the rt.

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

Members of the 4th Alabama calvary met the 2nd Union Calvary at Bainbridge.

Some of the wounded men gone to Bainbridge.

General Hood crossed the Tennessee river at Florence and met General Gibson

The Confederates Were defeated in Nashville,So they retreated near Bainbridge,Then they built a bridge to cross the Tennessee river.