Battle of Campbell's Station

Battle of Campbell's Station is a Tennessee historical marker in Knox County.

TN 1 (US 11 & US 70), near Farragut Station High School

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The Federal Gen. Ambrose Burnside, pursued by Gen. James Longstreet from Lenior's Station via Concord, eluded an attempt by Gen. Lafayette McLaws, CSA., coming from Loudon via the Hotchkiss Valley and Kingston Road, to head him off at the junction of the Concord and Kingston Roads, Nov. 16, 1863, Burnside stood off three attacks and then retired to Knoxville that night.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Loudon, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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