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.
Union City
On March 24, 1864 Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked the garrison at Union City held by the 7th