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Map of Hartsville Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. Guarding the river crossing at Hartsville was the 39th Brigade, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, consisting of the 106th Ohio Infantry, 108th Ohio Infantry, 104th Illinois Infantry, and 2nd Indiana Cavalry.
Merrill's battle line extended 650 yards with no reserve. [7] Shelby and Porter's brigades attempted to dislodge Merrill's force, but it was too strongly positioned. A mistaken observation probably by Lt. Dick Collins on the bluff east of town reported a wagon train moving toward the Lebanon Road.
Hartsville is a town in Trousdale County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of Trousdale County , [ 4 ] with which it shares a consolidated city-county government. The population of Hartsville was 11,615 as of 2020.
Trousdale County, also known as Hartsville/Trousdale County, [3] is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,615. [4] Its county seat is Hartsville, [5] with which it shares a uniquely formed consolidated city-county government. With an area of just 117 square miles (300 km 2), it is Tennessee's ...
Hartville is located on Missouri routes 5 and 38, along the Wood's Fork of the Gasconade River which flows into the Gasconade just east of the community. [11] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.66 square miles (1.71 km 2), of which 0.65 square miles (1.68 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. [12]
Ordered to Covington, Kentucky, August 21; then moved to Louisville, Kentucky. March to Frankfort, Kentucky, October 3–9, 1862; then to Bowling Green, Kentucky., October 24 – November 4. Moved to Glasgow November 10, and to Tompkinsville November 22. To Hartsville, Tennessee, November 28. Battle of Hartsville (Morgan's attack) December 7.
While operating on the Union lines of communications, Morgan captured the Union garrison on December 7 at the Battle of Hartsville, capturing more than 1,800 troops. [5] The Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a critical logistical lifeline to Union forces in Tennessee. Newly promoted to Brigadier General Morgan proposed a raid into Kentucky ...
The Battle of Riggins Hill (September 7, 1862) was a minor engagement in western Tennessee during the American Civil War. A Confederate raiding force under Colonel Thomas Woodward captured Clarksville, Tennessee , threatening Union shipping on the Cumberland River .