Mossy Creek Skirmish

January 10, 1864
Hamblen County

On January 10, 1864 a scouting party with the 1 st Wisconsin Cavalry captured a Confederate outpost killing 4 and taking 7 prisoners on the Dandridge road about six miles from Mossy Creek.

Mossy Creek Skirmish

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