Insane Asylum, Cox’s Hill

January 3, 1863
Davidson County

On January 3, 1863 Union forces consisting of the 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry and the 6 th Tennessee Infantry were in a line of march on the Murfreesboro Pike where they engaged Confederate cavalry in a small skirmish at Cox’s Hill (Insane Asylum). After repulsing a Confederate attack the Union column advanced to La Vergne in support of a supply wagon train.

Insane Asylum, Cox's Hill

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