According to the only report mentioning action in this area, Col. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry engaged Union forces south of Silver Springs and to the east of that location between Silver Springs and Lebanon. The engagements resulted in the capture of at least 162 Union prisoners including 19 from the Fourth Michigan Cavalry.
Jefferson Pike
On December 27, 1862, the Fourth Michigan Cavalry joined Col. William B. Hazen’s Union brigade in a strike to seize the