Battle of Johnsonville - Waverly, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 36° 04.955 W 087° 47.694
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The town of Johnsonville is now gone, so this marker about the town is here at the county seat, Waverly. In 1945 TVA's Kentucky Reservoir flooded Johnsonville.
Waymark Code: WM17N87
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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Location of Marker: S. Court St. & Mill St., behind courthouse, Waverly TN

TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER

BATTLE OF JOHNSONVILLE
On November 4, 1864, Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate cavalry attacked and destroyed the river port of Johnsonville located ten miles west of here on the Tennessee River. Union losses included four gunboats, fourteen steamboats, seventeen barges, and roughly 95,000 tons of quartermaster stores. One hundred and fifty prisoners were captured. This Confederate victory is one of the few known instances of a cavalry defeating a naval force. In 1945 TVA's Kentucky Reservoir flooded Johnsonville.
Name of Battle:
Battle of Johnsonville


Name of War: U.S. Civil War

Entrance Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency)

Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 11/04/1864

Date of Battle (End): 11/04/1864

Parking: Not Listed

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