On November 14, 1863 the Confederate cavalry of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler routed the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (USA) encamped at Maryville. At Rockford the 1st Kentucky and 45th Ohio Mounted Infantry advanced to support the 11th Kentucky but were outflanked by Wheeler’s cavalry and retreated across to the north bank of Little River. That evening the Union cavalry commanded by Brig. Gen. William Sanders retreated to Knoxville.
Stewarts Creek Bridge
On December 27, 1862 four companies of the 4 th Michigan Cavalry engaged Confederate forces at Stewarts Creek Bridge on the Nashville