According to the only report mentioning action in this area, Col. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry engaged Union forces south of Silver Springs and to the east of that location between Silver Springs and Lebanon. The engagements resulted in the capture of at least 162 Union prisoners including 19 from the Fourth Michigan Cavalry.
Charleston and Calhoun
On December 28, 1863 Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler attacked a Union wagon train on the Hiwassee