On December 14, 1864 the 4th Iowa Cavalry was attacked and dispersed on the Germantown Road losing several killed, wounded and captured.
On April 6, 1862 the Confederate Army of Mississippi commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston attacked the Union Army of
Colonel Lewis Zahm's Union cavalry brigade was ordered to move against a small Confederate cavalry force at Franklin led by Colonel Baxter
Subject to orders from Brig. Gen. Sooy Smith, Col. Benjamin Grierson (commanding 1 st Brigade, XVI Corps USA) mounted an
