On September 29, 1861 a Union force consisting of a detail of the 12th Kentucky Infantry attacked approximately 100 Confederate troops encamped at Travisville, Tennessee killing four and capturing four more as prisoners. The skirmish is considered to be the first combat of the Civil War in Tennessee.
West Harpeth River
On December 17, 1864 following the Battle of Nashville, Union cavalry under Gen. James Harrison Wilson pushed the Confederate rear guard out