Battle of Kingsport, TN
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N 36° 32.939 W 082° 36.733
17S E 355702 N 4046050
Battle of Kingsport was a delay by 300 Confederate cavalrymen of 5500 Union cavalrymen.
Waymark Code: WM4Z0V
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2008
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From the linked DiscoverKingsport website: Battle of Kingsport was fought on December 13, 1864. Federal General Stoneman and troops defeat Confederate troops led by Colonel Morgan. The battle takes place at the Rotherwood Bridge river banks. The Yankees were on the northern bank. The Confederate troops were sheltered in the walls of the southern bank. Though outnumbered, the Confederate troops held back the Federal troops until they sent a group further down river. Upon crossing and circling back, the Confederate troops being surrounded had no choice but to surrender. The pillage of the war left the Kingsport area in disarray for the next 40 years.
Monument text: Battle of Kingsport. On December 13, 1864 approx. 300 Confederate Cavalrymen from 2nd Ky Cav under Col R Morgan delayed the advancing 5,500 Union Cavalry under Gen Stonemen enroute to Saltville, Va. This monument is dedicated to those brave Confederates and those from East Tennessee who served in defense of their southern homeland.
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