Stewarts Creek Bridge

December 27, 1862

Rutherford/Bedford County

On December 27, 1862 four companies of the 4 th Michigan Cavalry engaged Confederate forces at Stewarts Creek Bridge on the Nashville (Murfreesboro Pike).

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Blockhouses #4 & #5 Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad

Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. Joseph Wheeler moved into middle Tennessee in an attempt to disrupt the supply lines supporting

Shelbyville

On June 27, 1863, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s army was withdrawing from the vicinity of fortified Shelbyville and concentrating at

Murfreesboro-Harker’s Crossing

As part of the Stones River campaign on December 29, 1862, Col. Charles Harker’s brigade (Maj. Gen.Crittenden’s Left Wing, Union Army of

Stewarts Creek Bridge

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Blockhouses #4 & #5 Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad

Shelbyville

Murfreesboro-Harker’s Crossing

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