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.
Bolivar-Middleburgh
On August 30, 1862 a detachment (11 th Illinois Cavalry and 9 th Indiana Battery) from the First Brigade commanded