Conflict: | Battle of Rogersville |
Partof: | the American Civil War |
Date: | November 6, 1863 |
Place: | Rogersville, Tennessee |
Result: | Confederate victory |
Combatant1: | United States (Union) |
Combatant2: | (Confederacy) |
Commander1: | Colonel Israel Garrard Major Daniel Carpenter |
Commander2: | Brigadier General William E. Jones |
Units1: | 3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division |
Units2: | Jones' Brigade 2nd Cavalry Brigade 8th Virginia Cavalry |
Casualties1: | 655 |
Casualties2: | Unknown killed/injured |
The Battle of Rogersville was a conflict in and around the town of Rogersville, Tennessee, on the morning of November 6, 1863, between the United States Army 3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division and the Confederate States Army Jones' Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Brigade and the 8th Virginia Cavalry. Because Federal forces were caught largely by surprise, the Confederates, under Brigadier General William E. Jones, were able to recapture Rogersville along with significant supplies from the town's railroad storehouses.
Union casualties are reported in the following table. A note asserted that wounded soldiers were probably reported as captured. Another source stated that Battery M lost 4 men killed and 35 captured. All its guns were spiked and abandoned, but 86 men, 50 horses, and some equipment avoided capture.
Officers killed | width=6% | Enlisted killed | width=6% | Officers wounded | width=6% | Enlisted wounded | width=6% | Officers captured | width=6% | Enlisted captured | width=6% | Aggregate |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 121 | ||||||
0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 474 | 500 | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
Totals | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 626 | 655 |
Battle Unit Details. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2020, from https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UOH0007RC