On April 18, 1865 a detachment (18 troopers) of the 11th New York Cavalry from Germantown was ambushed by Confederate forces while on patrol about 6 miles from Germantown. The overwhelmed patrol retreated back to Germantown.
Britton’s Lane
On September 1, 1862, Confederate Col. William H. Jackson’s Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, Forrest’s brigade, attacked the Twentieth and Thirtieth U.S.