Rock Springs
Confederate Major General Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry units attacked, captured and destroyed a wagon train of supplies and weapons at Rock
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January 10, 1864
Hamblen
On January 10, 1864 a scouting party with the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry captured a Confederate outpost killing 4 and taking 7 prisoners on the Dandridge road about six miles from Mossy Creek.
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Confederate Major General Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry units attacked, captured and destroyed a wagon train of supplies and weapons at Rock
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As part of Confederate Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet’s strategy to capture Knoxville and drive the Union IX and XXIII Corps