As part of the extended raid against Union supply lines in WestTennessee, Confederate cavalry under Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest forced a surrender of the Federal garrison at Union City, Tennessee commanded by Capt. Samuel B. Logan (54 th Illinois Infantry) on December 21, 1862.
Antioch Station
On April 10, 1863 Confederate cavalry from Gen. John Wharton’s brigade attacked a train on the Nashville Chattanooga Railroad near the bridge