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The raiders also captured two 6-pounders, 31 men, and 80 horses. The Union column continued moving east along the railroad, destroying a bridge at Flat Creek about 4 mi (6.4 km) southwest of Strawberry Plains. [10] Union sentry guards the repaired bridge across the Holston River at Strawberry Plains in 1864. [note 3]
The battle continued until after dark with the Union forces occupying roughly the same battle line as when the fighting started. Having failed to cross the river to the opposite bank, and fearing that Longstreet's entire force was in front of them, General Parke ordered the Federals to retreat to New Market and Strawberry Plains during the night.
Breckinridge pursued the Union soldiers on November 14 and engaged them near Russellville, causing a rout. The Union fell back to Strawberry Plains (outside of Knoxville) where Breckinridge again engaged his forces. Union reinforcements soon arrived and foul weather began to play havoc with the roads and streams.
Strawberry Plains is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier counties in the State of Tennessee, United States. [4] Before 2010, it was treated by the United States Census Bureau as a census county division .
Carter recruited Alfred Cate (1822–1871) of Hamilton County, to oversee the destruction of the bridges in southeast Tennessee, and assigned the two bridges in northeast Tennessee to Daniel Stover, a son-in-law of Andrew Johnson. For the Strawberry Plains bridge, he recruited former Sevier County sheriff William C. Pickens. [1]
Operations in eastern Tennessee until March 21, 1864. Strawberry Plains January 21–22. Moved from Knoxville, Tenn., to Covington, Ky., then to Annapolis, Md., March 21-April 6. Rapidan Campaign May–June. Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7. Battle of Spotsylvania May 8–12. Battle of Spottsylvania Court House May 12–21.
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Jonesborough September 21. Watauga River September 25. At Bull's Gap and Jonesborough until December. About Dandridge January 16–17, 1864. Strawberry Plains January 22. Duty in eastern Tennessee until April. Atlanta Campaign May to September 1864. Demonstrations on Dalton May 5–13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Battle of Resaca May 14–15.