After seizing Nolensville, Union forces pushed south on the road to Triune. About two miles south of town, the men Gen. Jefferson C. Davis division came under fire from Confederate forces holding the heights on either side of Knob Gap. Davis was forced to spend the remainder of the day pressing the full weight of his division against the Confederates who withdrew as the sun began to set.
Mossy Creek Skirmish
On January 10, 1864 a scouting party with the 1 st Wisconsin Cavalry captured a Confederate outpost killing 4 and