On October 6, 1862 Union forces under Brig. Gen. John Palmer and Col. John F. Miller engaged Confederate cavalry commanded by Brig. Gen. Nathan Forrest along the Murfreesboro turnpike. In the skirmish that followed the Union cavalry captured 175 prisoners, pieces of artillery and quartermaster supplies.
Overall’s Creek-Bell’s Mills
Confederate Gen. William Bate’s division engaged men of the 115 th Ohio Infantry stationed in Blockhouse No. 7 protecting the Nashville and