BATTLEFIELD ASSESSMENT

Mossy Creek

December 29, 1863

Hamblen

On December 29, 1863 Union Brig. Gen. Samuel Sturgis divided his forces sending Col. LaGrange toward Dandridge while he held a line at Mossy Creek.  That morning Confederate cavalry under Brig. Gen. William Martin successfully attacked Sturgis’ position until LaGrange returned to join the battle and drive the Confederates back to Talbot’s Station and Panther Creek.  Sturgis held the position at Mossy Creek until operations resumed at Dandridge in January, 1864.      

HISTORICAL THEMES

This engagement is one of 38 sites evaluated by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission and not subject to a TCWPA Battlefield Assessment

PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITY INDEX

N/A

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SITE DETAILS

County

Hamblen

Date

December 29, 1863

Preservation Opportunity

N/A

Confederate Units

Maj. Gen. William Martin - Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet’s Cavalry

Union Units

Army of the Ohio and 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Army Corps

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