Battle of Lebanon - Lebanon TN
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Don.Morfe
N 36° 12.494 W 086° 17.478
16S E 563705 N 4007277
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.
Waymark Code: WM171W5
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2022
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TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER
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 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 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 losses amounted to 10 killed, 21 wounded, and 5 missing. The Confederate losses amounted to 60 killed and an unknown number of wounded and missing.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 202.)
Name of Battle:
Battle of Lebanon
Name of War: U.S. Civil War
Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 05/05/1862
Entrance Fee: Not Listed
Parking: Not Listed
Date of Battle (End): Not listed
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