| Battle of Lebanon | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Ebenezer Dumont | John Hunt Morgan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 600 [1] | 800 [2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 10 killed 21 wounded 5 missing [3] | 60 killed unknown wounded [4] 150 captured [5] | ||||||
The Battle of Lebanon was a small battle fought near Lebanon, Tennessee during the American Civil War on May 5, 1862.
Union General Ebenezer Dumont pursued Colonel John Hunt Morgan's Confederate cavalry with a force from the Nashville Garrison. Dumont's force consisted of detachments from the 1st Kentucky Cavalry under Colonel Frank Lane Wolford, the 4th Kentucky Cavalry under Colonel Green Clay Smith, and the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry under Colonel Wynkoop. Morgan's force was the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.
Dumont surprised Morgan early on the morning of May 5, 1862. [6] A 15-mile running battle ensued in which the Confederates were forced to retreat. During the fighting Confederate sympathizers in the town fired upon the Union Cavalry. [7] Many of the remaining Confederates barricaded within the buildings surrendered when Dumont threatened to set the town on fire.
150 Confederates were taken prisoner including Lt. Colonel Wood. Colonels Smith and Wolford of the Union forces were wounded.
John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Braxton Bragg's invasion of that state. He also attacked General William Rosecrans's supply lines. In July 1863, he set out on a 1,000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio, taking hundreds of prisoners. But after most of his men had been intercepted by U.S. Navy gunboats, including the USS Moose, Morgan surrendered at Salineville, Ohio, the northernmost point ever reached by uniformed Confederates. Morgan carried out the diversionary "Morgan's Raid" against orders, which gained no tactical advantage for the Confederacy while losing the regiment. Morgan escaped prison, but his credibility was so low that he was restricted to minor operations. He was killed at Greeneville, Tennessee, in September 1864. Morgan was the brother-in-law of Confederate general A. P. Hill. Various schools and a memorial are dedicated to him.
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