Transcript Battle of Mossy Creek

Civil War Battles in Tennessee
• Battle of
– Shiloh, Apr. 6-7, 1862
– Memphis, June 6, 1862
– Campbell’s Station, Nov. 16, 1863
– Lookout Mountain, Nov. 23-25, 1863
– Fort Sanders, Nov. 29, 1863
– Bean Station, Dec. 14,1863
– Mossy Creek, Dec. 29, 1863
– Dandridge, Jan. 14, 1864
– Fair Garden, Jan. 27, 1864
– Bulls Gap, Nov. 11-13, 1864
Battle of Shiloh
• Date: April 6-7, 1862
• Principal Commanders: Major General
Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. P.G.T.
Beauregard
• Estimated Casualties: 23,746 total (US
13,047; CS 10,699)
• Result: Union victory
Battle at Lookout Mountain
• Date: November 23-25, 1863
• Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant [US]; Gen. Braxton
Bragg [CS]
• Estimated Casualties: 12,485 total (US
5,815; CS 6,670)
• Result: Union victory
Battle of Fort Sanders
• Date: November 29, 1863
• Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen.
Ambrose E. Burnside [US]; Lt. Gen.
James Longstreet [CS]
• Estimated Casualties: 880 total (US 100;
CS 780)
• Result: Union victory
Battle of Bean Station
• Date: December 14, 1863
• Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. J.M.
Shackelford [US]; Lt. Gen. James
Longstreet [CS]
• Estimated Casualties: 1,600 total (US
700; CS 900)
• Result: Confederate victory
Battle of Mossy Creek
(Jefferson City)
• Date: December 29, 1863
• Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen.
Samuel D. Sturgis [US]; Maj. Gen. William
T. Martin [CS]
• Estimated Casualties: Total unknown
(US 151; CS unknown)
• Result: Union victory
Battle of Mossy Creek
• Samuel D. Sturgis
• James Longstreet
• While encamped at Mossy Creek and
Talbott's Station, Union Brig. Gen. Samuel D.
Sturgis received a report on the night of
December 28, 1863, that a brigade of
Confederate cavalry had gone into camp that
afternoon near Dandridge south of Mossy
Creek.
• Sturgis thought that the Confederates were
split and decided to meet, defeat, and
possibly capture the encamped Confederate
cavalry.
• Sturgis ordered a portion of his troops out of Mossy
Creek and Talbott's Station toward Dandridge.
• After these forces had left, Maj. Gen. William T.
Martin, commander of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's
Confederate cavalry who were encamped at
Panther Creek near Morristown, attacked the small
Federal force at Talbott's Station at 9:00 a.m. on
December 29.
• Union forces slowly fell back to Mossy Creek and
Sturgis sent messages to his troops on the way to
Dandridge to return promptly if they found no
enemy there.
• The Confederates advanced on Mossy
Creek, driving the Federals in front of
them.
• Finding no enemy forces in Dandridge, the
Union troops returned to Mossy Creek and
joined the battle.
• Around 3:00 p.m. Union soldiers began
driving the Confederates back out of
Mossy Creek towards Talbott's Station and
Panther Creek.
• By dark, the Confederates were back to
their original location at Panther Creek.
• Since it was late in the season, Union
Commander Martin chose to retreat from
the area back towards Morristown for the
winter.
• After the victory at Mossy Creek, the
Union held the line at Talbott's Station for
some time.
Talbott
White Pine
Mossy Creek
Dandridge