On June 25, 1863 as part of the Tullahoma Campaign, Union cavalry pickets under Brig. Gen. David Stanley were driven back near Fosterville. After a skirmish with the 5 th Iowa and 4 th Michigan Cavalry regiments, Confederate cavalry retreated from Fosterville to Guy’s Gap.
Shiloh
On April 6, 1862 the Confederate Army of Mississippi commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston attacked the Union Army of