Battle of Johnsonville
1864 battle of the American Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Johnsonville was fought November 4–5, 1864, in Benton and Humphreys counties, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. Confederate cavalry commander Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest culminated a 23-day raid through western Tennessee by attacking the Union supply base at Johnsonville. Forrest's attack destroyed a total of 28 Union boats and barges in the Tennessee River and millions of dollars of supplies, disrupting the logistical operations of Union Major General George H. Thomas in Nashville. As a result, Thomas's army was hampered in its plan to defeat Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's invasion of Tennessee, known as the Franklin–Nashville campaign. (Thomas eventually succeeded in repulsing Hood.)
Battle of Johnsonville | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles R. Thompson Edward M. King | Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Johnsonville garrison | Forrest's Cavalry Division | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,000 [1] 3 gunboats | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
150 captured[2] |
2 killed 9 wounded[2] |
Part of the battlefield has been preserved in Johnsonville State Historic Park. Much of the original battleground was submerged by the creation of Kentucky Lake in 1944.