On August 30, 1862 a detachment (11 th Illinois Cavalry and 9 th Indiana Battery) from the First Brigade commanded by Col. Mortimer D. Leggett (78 th Ohio Infantry) joined the 2 nd Illinois Cavalry and the 20th Ohio Infantry in an engagement with Confederate forces on the Middleburg and Van Buren Roads about 5 ½ miles from Bolivar and between Medon and Toone’s Station on the Mississippi Central Railroad. Following a heavy skirmish that lasted 7 ½ hours, Confederate forces withdrew beyond the Tallahatchie River. Union losses were 5 killed, 18 wounded and 64 missing. Confederate losses were estimated to exceed 200.
Brentwood
Union Lt. Col. Edward Bloodgood held Brentwood, a station on the Nashville & Decatur Railroad, with 400 men on the morning of