On December 24, 1863 a Union detachment of the First Brigade of the First Division (Col. A. P. Campbell) marched to Dandridge and attacked Confederate forces at Hay’s Ferry. In the engagement that followed, the Federal troops retreated to New Market with a loss of 7 killed, 47 wounded, and 7 missing. We captured 30 prisoners, besides killing Maj. Bale, of the Sixth Georgia Cavalry, and killing and wounding over 100 of the enemy.
Murfreesboro-Harker’s Crossing
As part of the Stones River campaign on December 29, 1862, Col. Charles Harker’s brigade (Maj. Gen.Crittenden’s Left Wing, Union Army of