Bolivar-Middleburgh

August 30, 1862
Hardeman County

On August 30, 1862 a detachment (11 th Illinois Cavalry and 9 th Indiana Battery) from the First Brigade commanded by Col. Mortimer D. Leggett (78 th Ohio Infantry) joined the 2 nd Illinois Cavalry and the 20th Ohio Infantry in an engagement with Confederate forces on the Middleburg and Van Buren Roads about 5 ½ miles from Bolivar and between Medon and Toone’s Station on the Mississippi Central Railroad. Following a heavy skirmish that lasted 7 ½ hours, Confederate forces withdrew beyond the Tallahatchie River. Union losses were 5 killed, 18 wounded and 64 missing. Confederate losses were estimated to exceed 200.

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