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|  Battle for the Bridge - Munfordville, KY
in Battlefields A civil war battlefield that involved Confederate General Braxton Bragg and Union General Don Carlos Buell. posted by: ChapterhouseInc location: Kentucky date approved: 11/28/2008 last visited: 01/28/2006 |
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|  Macon County in the Civil War-Division and Conflict - Lafayette TN
in Battlefields Three engagements took place in Macon County. On May 3, 1863, at Meadorville, four miles south of Lafayette on Highway 10, elements of two Federal units, the 11th Kentucky Infantry and 8th Kentucky Cavalry, fought Confederate guerrillas. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/27/2023 last visited: 05/27/2023 |
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|  Celina During the Civil War - Celina TN
in Battlefields On April 19, 1863, Union Col. Felix W. Graham’s 5th Indiana Cavalry attacked Hamilton’s command here, routed his forces, destroyed their camp and commissary supplies, and shelled the town. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/10/2023 last visited: 05/10/2023 |
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|  Ambush at Meadorville-Conflict in Macon County - Lafayette TN
in Battlefields This rural hamlet experienced a serious firefight between Union cavalry and infantry and the Confederate irregulars on May 2, 1863. Confederate guerillas hidden in the brush of Goose Creek ambushed Union Cos. D and E, 11th Kentucky Infantry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/26/2023 last visited: 05/26/2023 |
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|  Perryville Battlefield, Perryville, Kentucky
in Battlefields The battle of Perryville October 8, 1862. Just over a five hours battle, left 7,500 from both sides killed and wounded. posted by: krsmith2 location: Kentucky date approved: 09/20/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Surprise at Hartsville - Hartsville TN
in Battlefields On the morning of December 7, 1862, the Confederates attacked the Union garrison camped on a bluff overlooking the Cumberland River two miles south of here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/24/2023 last visited: 05/24/2023 |
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|  Cumberland River Campaign-Burning of Old Columbus - Gainesboro TN
in Battlefields The U.S. gunboats Reindeer and Silver Lake No. 2 accompanied three transports carrying a detachment of 140 sharpshooters. Confederate guerrilla bands fired on the convoy as it headed upriver. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/19/2023 last visited: 05/19/2023 |
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|  Battle of Corydon - Corydon, Indiana
in Battlefields Commemorating the only Civil War battle fought on Indiana soil, which took place on July 9, 1863. posted by: paulspaper location: Indiana date approved: 04/06/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Gallatin Public Square-Heart of Federal Occupation - Gallatin TN
in Battlefields Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan raided Gallatin throughout the war to disrupt Union supply routes. In August 1862 Morgan’s troops destroyed the train depot and the railroad tunnel. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/19/2023 last visited: 05/19/2023 |
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|  Affair at Travisville - Byrdstown, TN
in Battlefields Site of the first skirmish in Tennessee, large numbers of Confederate troops gathered at Travisville. A Federal force surprised the Confederates there. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 02/23/2023 last visited: 02/24/2023 |
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|  Guerrillas Fighting in Overton County - Livingston TN
in Battlefields In the spring of 1865, Capt. John Francis’s company of Confederate guerrillas rode here from Kentucky, raided Livingston, and burned the county courthouse. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/30/2022 last visited: 12/01/2022 |
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|  Bragg Invades Kentucky - Carthage TN
in Battlefields Bragg Invades Kentucky from Sept-Oct, 1862 Moving northwest from Sparta, Bragg, with Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk’s Right Wing, Army of Mississippi. Forrest’s Cavalry Brigade surrendered in Munford, KY to Bragg on Sept. 14, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/07/2023 last visited: 05/08/2023 |
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|  Battle of Somerset - Somerset KY
in Battlefields Here, July 21, Morgan took over telegraph line and countermanded USA orders to pursue. Destroyed commissary stores, wagons, arms. Moved on to Monticello. See map. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: 10/16/2021 |
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|  Dutton's Hill Battle - Somerset KY
in Battlefields March 30, 1863, USA force of 1,250 under General Q. A. Gillmore overtook 1,550 Confederate cavalry under Gen. John Pegram, here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kentucky date approved: 09/28/2022 last visited: 09/27/2022 |
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|  Seawell Hill Camp - Lebanon TN
in Battlefields You are standing on Seawell Hill, where Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s cavalrymen camped during their raid through Tennessee. They had destroyed parts of the railroad to Chattanooga then moved north up the Tennessee River Valley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: 05/28/2023 |
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|  Skirmish at Lebanon - Lebanon TN
in Battlefields Col. Frank L. Wolford finally caught up with Morgan’s rear guard on May 4, but broke off the action after inconclusive skirmishing. At dawn the hard-charging troopers of the 1st Kentucky (U.S.) and 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry surprised Morgan’s command. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/22/2022 last visited: 04/25/2023 |
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|  Battle of Lebanon - Lebanon TN
in Battlefields Battle of Lebanon-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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/22/2022 last visited: 04/25/2023 |
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|  Mansker Creek - Goodlettsvile TN
in Battlefields On August 20, 1862, Confederate Col. John Hunt Morgan and his brigade pursued a detachment of 300 Union cavalrymen along the railroad in this vicinity. The Federals had arrested nearly all the male citizens—boys and old men—of Gallatin. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/20/2022 last visited: 11/20/2022 |
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|  Battle of Snow Hill - Dowelltown TN
in Battlefields On April 3, 1863, two Union brigades under Gen. Stanley advanced to this position to battle a Confederate Division commanded by Col. Gano of Morgan's Cavalry ½ mile east on Snow Hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/12/2022 last visited: 11/13/2022 |
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|  DeKalb County in the Civil War-A Country and a County Divided - Smithville TN
in Battlefields After the Confederate Army of Tennessee withdrew from the county in the spring of 1863, Stokes and his Union cavalry played a large role in subduing local Confederate guerrilla activity. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/09/2023 last visited: 06/09/2023 |
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|  Nashville Blacks in the Civil War - Nashville TN
in Battlefields During the Battle of Nashville (December 1864), nearly 13,000 black soldiers aided in the defeat of the Confederates. By 1865, blacks had assisted the Union Army in building 23 fortifications around Nashville. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 11/30/2022 last visited: 12/01/2022 |
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|  Fort Negley - Nashville, Tennessee
in Battlefields Fort Negley, the formidable stronghold protected Nashville's southern approaches and deterred Confederate attacks. On November 5, 1862 the fort's guns helped drive off Confederate forces under Gens. Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Hunt Morgan. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/04/2023 last visited: 06/04/2023 |
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|  Dewitt Smith Jobe-Confederate Scout - Smyrna TN
in Battlefields On August 29, 1864, Jobe hid in a cornfield to rest, but a mounted patrol of the 115th Ohio Infantry had spotted his tracks and surrounded his hiding place. The Union soldiers reportedly tortured him to get him to talk, but he refused. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 06/11/2023 last visited: 06/11/2023 |
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|  The War Around Sparta - Sparta, TN
in Battlefields The Civil War in this area, as it affected the city. posted by: YoSam. location: Tennessee date approved: 01/04/2023 last visited: 06/10/2023 |
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|  Harpeth Shoals - Charlotte TN
in Battlefields On January 13, 1863, Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s cavalry established positions nearby (Harpeth Shoals) and ambushed Union ships. Wheeler’s men destroyed two Union hospital ships, USS Trio and Parthenia, and one gunboat before retiring. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/10/2023 last visited: 05/10/2023 |
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