On September 8, 1863 the brigade of Confederate Brig. Gen. Alfred Jackson attacked the 100 th Ohio Infantry at a bridge on Limestone Creek near Telford. Surrounded and out of ammunition the 100 th Ohio suffered 50 killed and 250 captured as prisoners.
Loudon
After crossing the Tennessee River at Loudon the Confederate First Corps (Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet) skirmished with the Union forces