On December 28, 1863 Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler attacked a Union wagon train on the Hiwassee River bridge at Charleston, Tennessee. The 2nd Missouri Infantry (Col. Bernard Leibold) and a brigade of cavalry commanded by Col. Eli Long successfully defended the train and routed Wheeler’s cavalry.
Fosterville
On June 25, 1863 as part of the Tullahoma Campaign, Union cavalry pickets under Brig. Gen. David Stanley were driven back near