According to the only report mentioning action in this area, Col. John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry engaged Union forces south of Silver Springs and to the east of that location between Silver Springs and Lebanon. The engagements resulted in the capture of at least 162 Union prisoners including 19 from the Fourth Michigan Cavalry.
Memphis-Second Battle
On August 24, 1864 Confederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest conducted a daring raid on the Union garrison in Memphis.