Knob Gap

December 26, 1862
Davidson County

After seizing Nolensville, Union forces pushed south on the road to Triune. About two miles south of town, the men Gen. Jefferson C. Davis division came under fire from Confederate forces holding the heights on either side of Knob Gap. Davis was forced to spend the remainder of the day pressing the full weight of his division against the Confederates who withdrew as the sun began to set.

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