On April 2-4, 1864 a Union reconnaissance under the command of Brig. Gen. Thomas Wood scouted the valley between Powder Springs and Rogersville to determine the position of Maj. Gen. James Longstreet’s Corps that had moved north into Virginia.
Hay’s Ferry
On December 24, 1863 a Union detachment of the First Brigade of the First Division (Col. A. P. Campbell) marched