Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge

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Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge
Part of the American Civil War
DateApril 28, 1862
Location 34°37′33.7″N86°18′21.5″W / 34.626028°N 86.305972°W / 34.626028; -86.305972 Coordinates: 34°37′33.7″N86°18′21.5″W / 34.626028°N 86.305972°W / 34.626028; -86.305972
Result Union victory
Belligerents
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Commanders and leaders
Ormsby M. Mitchel Danville Leadbetter
Strength
27 250
Casualties and losses
7 Killed 7 Killed, 1 wounded
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The Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge was an action fought between a Union Army detachment of 27 men guarding a bridge near Woodville, Alabama and a Confederate States Army cavalry detachment intent on destroying the railroad bridge on April 28, 1862, during the American Civil War. Union Army brigade commander Colonel Joshua W. Sill reported that the men from the 10th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Arnold R. Chapin, who were under the immediate command of Sergeant William Nelson [1] and Sergeant Augustus H. Makimson held off the Confederate force of 250 men for over two hours and killed 7 Confederates and captured 1 wounded Confederate soldier who told the Union men of the Confederate numbers and casualties. The action resulted in the Union maintaining control of an intact railroad line through the area. [2] [3]

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References

  1. A William Nelson (Wisconsin), a Wisconsin state senator after the Civil War, served in the Union Army.
  2. "Alabama Civil War Battles". The Civil War. National Park Service. February 7, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  3. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. Retrieved July 28, 2015.