Battle of Rogersville

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.

Battle of Rogersville
Part of the American Civil War
DateNovember 6, 1863
Location
Rogersville, Tennessee
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
 USA (Union)  CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Israel Garrard
Major Daniel Carpenter		 Brigadier General William E. Jones
Units involved
3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division Jones' Brigade
2nd Cavalry Brigade
8th Virginia Cavalry
Casualties and losses
655 Unknown killed/injured

Union casualties

Union casualties are reported in the following table. A note asserted that wounded soldiers were probably reported as captured.[1] 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.[2]

Union casualties reported at Rogersville, Tenn. November 6, 1863[1]
Unit Officers killed Enlisted killed Officers wounded Enlisted wounded Officers captured Enlisted captured Aggregate
2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment0000011
7th Ohio Cavalry Regiment00021118121
2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Infantry050120474500
Battery M, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery000003333
Totals050321626655

Notes
  1. Official Records 1890, p. 288.
  2. Reece 1901, p. 725.

References
  • History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Nashville: Goodspeed. 1887. OCLC 7914830.
  • Price, Henry R (2002). Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee. Vol. 1. Rogersville: H R Price. OCLC 51158046.
  • Price, Henry R (1996). Hawkins County: A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach: Donnings Co. ISBN 0-89865-974-4.
  • "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. XXXI Part 1". Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1890. p. 288. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  • Reece, J. N. (1901). "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois: 1861–1866". Springfield, Ill.: Journal Company, Printers and Binders. p. 725. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

Battle Unit Details. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2020, from https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UOH0007RC


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