Battle of Lebanon - 3A 202
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snfromky
N 36° 12.505 W 086° 17.470
16S E 563717 N 4007298
Federal cavalry attack causes Col. John Hunt Morgan to retreat.
Waymark Code: WM2BVK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2007
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Near dawn on May 5, 1862, Colonel John Hunt Morgan's 800 Confederate Cavalry camped around the Public Square and at Cumberland University on South College Street, were attacked by General Ebenezer Dumont's Federal Cavalry of 600 as they advanced from Murfreesboro in a torrential rain. After an hour and a half of charges and countercharges, Morgan and most of his men withdrew eastward on the Rome and Trousdale Ferry Pikes pursued by the Federals. Barricaded in Odd Fellows Hall on West Main Street, 60 to 70 of Morgan's men fired upon the Federals. Later these Confederates surrendered when Dumont threatened to burn the town. During the attack, the Federal loses amounted to 10 killed, 21 wounded, and 5 missing. The Confederate losses amounted to 60 killed and an unknown number of wounded and missing.
Marker Name: Battle of Lebanon
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker Number: 3A 202
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Society
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