Battle of Mossy Creek

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Battle of Mossy Creek
Began:

December 29, 1863

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Jefferson County, Tennessee

Theater:

Western Theater

Campaign:

Operations about Dandridge, Tennessee

Outcome:

Union victory

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Combatants
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Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Ohio
1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
XXIII Army Corps

Longstreet’s Cavalry,
Department of East Tennessee

Commanders

Samuel D. Sturgis
Brigadier General, USA

William T. Martin
Major General, CSA

Strength
Casualties

151

Unknown

  

Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis received a report on the night of December 28, 1863, that a brigade of enemy cavalry was in the neighborhood of Dandridge that afternoon. Surmising that the Rebel cavalry force was split, Sturgis decided to meet and defeat, and possibly capture, this portion of it. He ordered most of his troopers out toward Dandridge on two roads. After these troops had left, Maj. Gen. William T. Martin, commander of Longstreet’s Confederate cavalry, now reunited, attacked the remainder of Sturgis’s force at Mossy Creek, Tennessee, which included the First Brigade, Second Division, XXIII Army Corps, commanded by Col. Samuel R. Mott, at 9:00 am. First, Sturgis sent messages to his subordinates on the way to Dandridge to return promptly if they found no enemy there. The Confederates advanced, driving the Federals in front of them. Some of the Union troopers who had set out for Dandridge returned. Around 3:00 pm, fortunes changed as the Federals began driving the Confederates. By dark, the Rebels were back to the location from which they had begun the battle. Union pursuit was not mounted that night, but Martin retreated from the area. After the victory at Mossy Creek, the Union held the line about Talbott’s Station for some time. (NPS summary)