Battle of Lockridge Mill
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N 36° 25.775 W 088° 39.903
16S E 350744 N 4032885
Civil War Skirmish
Waymark Code: WM139T
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2007
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May 6, 1862: Col. Thomas Claiborne's Sixth Confederate Cavalry attacked and destroyed three companies of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry at Lockridge Mill about 1 mile north on the north Fork of the Obion River. The Fifth Iowa Cavalry was under Command of Major Carl Schaffer de Boernstein. Major Boernstein was mortally wounded and died the next day.
Marker Name: Civil War Skirmish
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker Number: 4A 44
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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