Mink Springs

April 13, 1864

Polk County

On April 13, 1864 Confederate cavalry attacked a Union outpost under the command of Brig. Gen. Edward McCook at Mink Springs capturing several officers and men with the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry regiment.

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After the defeat of Confederate forces at Island No. 10 the Union naval squadron moved down the Mississippi River to

Fort Sanders

As part of Confederate Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet’s strategy to capture Knoxville and drive the Union IX and XXIII Corps

Britton’s Lane

On September 1, 1862, Confederate Col. William H. Jackson’s Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, Forrest’s brigade, attacked the Twentieth and Thirtieth U.S.

Mink Springs

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