On September 29, 1861 a Union force consisting of a detail of the 12th Kentucky Infantry attacked approximately 100 Confederate troops encamped at Travisville, Tennessee killing four and capturing four more as prisoners. The skirmish is considered to be the first combat of the Civil War in Tennessee.
Collierville-First Battle
Confederate forces of Brigadier-General James Chalmers advanced from Oxford, Mississippi to attack the Federal garrison at Collierville. The Confederate force