Bulls Gap
In November 1864, Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge mounted an expedition into East Tennessee from Virginia to secure food
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September 29, 1861
Pickett
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.
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In November 1864, Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge mounted an expedition into East Tennessee from Virginia to secure food
Confederate cavalry brigades of Colonels J. J. Morrison and George Gibbs Dibrell routed a Union cavalry brigade under Colonel Frank
On April 26, 1864 a Confederate force partially destroyed a bridge on the Watauga River. Union troops commanded by Brig.