Centerville
Following three days of engaging Confederate Cavalry numbering about 1,000 men commanded by Col. Jacob Biffle, 250 men of the
County
June 6, 1862
Shelby
The “first” battle of Memphis was a naval engagement on June 6, 1862 between the Union Mississippi River Squadron (Flag Officer Charles Davis) and the Confederate “River Defense Fleet” (James E. Montgomery). In the two-hour engagement all but one of the Confederate “cotton clads” were captured or destroyed resulting in the surrender of the City of Memphis and opening up the Mississippi River to Union transport and gunboats to Vicksburg.
A rating assigned for each battlefield to indicate relative opportunity and potential for successful site preservation.
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Confederate Units
Union Units
Following three days of engaging Confederate Cavalry numbering about 1,000 men commanded by Col. Jacob Biffle, 250 men of the
After crossing the Tennessee River at Loudon the Confederate First Corps (Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet) skirmished with the Union forces
On February 11-16, 1862 combined Union army and naval forces of Brig. Gen. U.S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew Foote, respectively, defeated