 view gallery |   Battle for Lexington - Lexington TN
in Battlefields Near this site on December 18, 1862, Col. Robert G. Ingersoll surrendered to Capt. Frank B. Gurley, of Gen. Nathan B. Forrest’s brigade, ending the battle for Lexington. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/29/2023 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Potts Hill - Missouri/Arkansas Border - near Sligman, MO in Battlefields This skirmish is also know as the Skirmish at Big Sugar Creek. I put in Arkansas because it is 10' more in Arkansas than Missouri posted by:  YoSam. location: Arkansas date approved: 05/29/2023 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lenoir Plantation-Federal Occupation - Lenoir City TN in Battlefields On June 19, 1863, Henrietta Lenoir walked out of her house, the two-story white building beside the fire station in front of you, and encountered Union Col. William P. Sanders and his forces. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: 05/28/2023 |
 view gallery | Lenoir's Station-Sander's Raid - Lenoir City TN in Battlefields On June 19, 1863 Sander's troops overwhelmed a small Confederate force here and destroyed the depot, the general store, and a railroad car containing Confederate military supplies. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: 05/28/2023 |
 view gallery | Federal Armies at Adairsville, GA in Battlefields A part of Sherman's drive to the sea through Georgia. posted by: YoSam. location: Georgia date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: never |
 view gallery | 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 |
 view gallery | Big Creek Gap - LaFollette TN in Battlefields After a rigorous march, a detachment of Union soldiers, including a company of Campbell County men under Capt. Joseph A. Cooper, first penetrated the narrow passage here in March 1862 and routed the Confederate cavalry posted nearby. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/28/2023 last visited: 05/28/2023 |
 view gallery | 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 |
 view gallery | 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 |
 view gallery | Jackson-Railroad Gateway to Deep South - Jackson TN in Battlefields In November 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg ordered Gen. Nathan B. Forrest to launch a major cavalry raid against the Union garrisons here and in other occupied railroad towns. On December 19, the two sides clashed on Jackson's outskirts. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/24/2023 last visited: 05/24/2023 |
 view gallery | 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 |
 view gallery | Death of Gen. John Hunt Morgan - Greeneville TN in Battlefields The Federal cavalry surprised the Confederates. Some escaped on their horses while many others were shot or captured. Nicknamed the Thunderbolt of the Confederacy, Morgan bolted from the house and searched for an escape route. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/23/2023 last visited: 05/23/2023 |
 view gallery | Bridge Burners-Hangings at the Depot - Greeneville TN in Battlefields After Unionists burned several East Tennessee railroad bridges on November 9, 1861, Confederate engineer Colonel Danville Leadbetter soon arrived to rebuild the brides and capture the perpetrators. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/22/2023 last visited: 05/22/2023 |
 view gallery | War Comes to Germantown-Guarding the Railroad - Germantown TN in Battlefields The men built an earthen redoubt and stockade just east of town. Confederate cavalry and Union troops fought at least eleven engagements around this rail line in the Germantown area. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/21/2023 last visited: 05/21/2023 |
 view gallery | Original Site of Adairsville - 1830 - N. of Adairsville, GA in Battlefields Located on U.S. 41 at the Gordon-Bartow County Line. posted by: YoSam. location: Georgia date approved: 05/19/2023 last visited: never |
 view gallery | 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 |
 view gallery | 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 |
 view gallery | Belle Meade Plantation-The Battle of Nashville - Nashville TN in Battlefields On the first day of battle, Union Col. George Spaulding’s 12th Tennessee Cavalry overran the property and captured Confederate supply wagons that were located near the house and at Belle Meade’s race track. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/17/2023 last visited: 05/18/2023 |
 view gallery | Gravelly Plateau & Two Run Creek - N. of Cassville, GA in Battlefields Maneuvering around Cassville before the skirmish posted by: YoSam. location: Georgia date approved: 05/17/2023 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fort Granger-Franklin Stronghold - Franklin TN in Battlefields Capt. Giles J. Cockerill, Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, commanded four 3-inch rifled cannon in Fort Granger on the hill in front of your during the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/16/2023 last visited: 05/16/2023 |
 view gallery | Holding The Line-The Stand of the 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry - Dover TN in Battlefields On February 15, 1862, the morning of the Confederate breakout from Fort Donelson, Gen. Gideon J. Pillow’s attacking column smashed into the Federal line, overlapping the right wing under Gen. John A. McClernand, and began driving it back. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/15/2023 last visited: 05/15/2023 |
 view gallery | Morrison's Attack-A Senseless Loss - Dover TN in Battlefields On February 13, 1862, Union Col. William R. Morrison led his brigade in an unsuccessful, costly assault on Confederate Capt. Frank Maney’s battery at Fort Donelson. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/15/2023 last visited: 05/15/2023 |
 view gallery | Battle of Dover -War Returns to Stewart County - Dover TN in Battlefields Union and Confederate forces clashed near here again on February 3, 1863, almost one year after the Battle of Fort Donelson. Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler attacked Dover’s 800-man Federal garrison. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/15/2023 last visited: 05/15/2023 |
 view gallery | Forrest's Attack-Breaking Out of Fort Donelson - Dover TN in Battlefields The Confederate gunners and troops in Fort Donelson were elated after they repulsed Union Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote’s gunboat fleet on February 14, 1862. Federal reinforcements continued to arrive to supplement Gen. Ulysses S. Grant' army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/15/2023 last visited: 05/15/2023 |
 view gallery | Battle of Britton's Lane - Denmark TN in Battlefields Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong's Cavalry Brigade here struck Col. Elias S. Dennis' Federal force of two cavalry troops, a battery and two infantry regiments. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Tennessee date approved: 05/14/2023 last visited: 05/15/2023 |
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