As part of the Knoxville Campaign, on December 2, 1863 three Confederate cavalry brigades commanded by Brig. Gen. William Martin attacked a Union cavalry brigade (Col. Felix Graham) at Walker’s Ford on the Clinch River. Martin pushed the federal cavalry back towards the river before the 116th and 118th Indiana regiments stalled the attack and covered the retreat of the cavalry.
Stones River
In the last days of December, 1862 the Union Army of the Cumberland (Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans) advanced south from