On October 11, 1864 a recruiting party of United States Colored Troops was attacked by the 16 th Kentucky Cavalry (Col. James Chenoweth) five miles from Fort Donelson. Following several assaults on the USCT position situated on a hill and in several log buildings, the Confederate cavalry withdrew with 20 casualties. USCT losses were 4 killed including an officer and 9 wounded. Lieut. Col. T.R. Weaver (119th USCT) noted that the “colored soldiers…behaved nobly.”
Franklin-Fort Granger
Advancing from Spring Hill on June 4, 1863 two brigades of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry engaged Union cavalry south of Franklin between