On December 28, 1863 Confederate cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler attacked a Union wagon train on the Hiwassee River bridge at Charleston, Tennessee. The 2nd Missouri Infantry (Col. Bernard Leibold) and a brigade of cavalry commanded by Col. Eli Long successfully defended the train and routed Wheeler’s cavalry.
Franklin
On November 30, 1864 the Confederate Army of Tennessee commanded by Lieut. General John Bell Hood attacked the Union Army