Battle of Rogersville

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Battle of Rogersville
Part of the American Civil War
DateNovember 6, 1863
Location 36°24′26″N83°0′20″W / 36.40722°N 83.00556°W / 36.40722; -83.00556
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg USA (Union)Flag of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Israel Garrard
Major Daniel Carpenter
Brigadier General William E. Jones
Units involved
3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division Jones' Brigade
2nd Cavalry Brigade
8th Virginia Cavalry
Casualties and losses
655 Unknown killed/injured

The Battle of Rogersville was a conflict in and around the town of Rogersville, Tennessee, on the morning of November 6, 1863, between the United States Army 3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division and the Confederate States Army Jones' Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Brigade and the 8th Virginia Cavalry. Because Federal forces were caught largely by surprise, the Confederates, under Brigadier General William E. Jones, were able to recapture Rogersville along with significant supplies from the town's railroad storehouses.

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Union casualties

Union casualties are reported in the following table. A note asserted that wounded soldiers were probably reported as captured. [1] Another source stated that Battery M lost 4 men killed and 35 captured. All its guns were spiked and abandoned, but 86 men, 50 horses, and some equipment avoided capture. [2]

Union casualties reported at Rogersville, Tenn. November 6, 1863 [1]
UnitOfficers killedEnlisted killedOfficers woundedEnlisted woundedOfficers capturedEnlisted capturedAggregate
2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment 0000011
7th Ohio Cavalry Regiment 00021118121
2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Infantry 050120474500
Battery M, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery 000003333
Totals050321626655

Notes

  1. 1 2 Official Records 1890, p. 288.
  2. Reece 1901, p. 725.

References

Battle Unit Details. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2020, from https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UOH0007RC