On September 8, 1863 the brigade of Confederate Brig. Gen. Alfred Jackson attacked the 100 th Ohio Infantry at a bridge on Limestone Creek near Telford. Surrounded and out of ammunition the 100 th Ohio suffered 50 killed and 250 captured as prisoners.
Cumberland Gap
After the capture of Knoxville. Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside (Dept. of the Ohio) sent James M. Shacklford’s mounted brigade ahead