On September 29, 1861 a Union force consisting of a detail of the 12th Kentucky Infantry attacked approximately 100 Confederate troops encamped at Travisville, Tennessee killing four and capturing four more as prisoners. The skirmish is considered to be the first combat of the Civil War in Tennessee.
Nonconnah Creek
On October 29, 1864 a patrol with the 7th Indiana Cavalry encountered a Confederate force on the Pigeon Roost road