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Civil War Skirmish at Mansker's Creek August 20, 1863

Civil War Skirmish at Mansker's Creek August 20, 1863 is a Tennessee historical marker in Hendersonville, Sumner County.

Intersection of Nashville Pike and Center Point Rd., South, Hendersonville, Tennessee

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Four tenths of a mile south of this marker at the Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge over Mansker's Creek, a Union force under Lt. J. H. Johnson with sixty infantry from the 50th Indiana Volunteers were attacked by Confederate Col. J. H. Morgan's 2nd Kentucky Cavalry. Two Union soldiers were killed, and fifty-two were captured. The bridge was burned. The fighting moved west to Edgefield Junction, where a larger fight occurred. The bridge would be rebuilt and closely guarded by the Union Army to maintain the vital connection with Nashville.

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1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey 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)
1903 · Greenbrier, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Civil War Skirmish at Mansker's Creek August 20, 1863

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