Fort Donelson Skirmish

October 11, 1864
Stewart County

On October 11, 1864 a recruiting party of United States Colored Troops was attacked by the 16 th Kentucky Cavalry (Col. James Chenoweth) five miles from Fort Donelson. Following several assaults on the USCT position situated on a hill and in several log buildings, the Confederate cavalry withdrew with 20 casualties. USCT losses were 4 killed including an officer and 9 wounded. Lieut. Col. T.R. Weaver (119th USCT) noted that the “colored soldiers…behaved nobly.”

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