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.
Thompson’s Station
On March 5, 1863 Colonel John Coburn marched from Franklin with an infantry brigade and detachment of cavalry to rendezvous