Battle of Hatchie's Bridge
Battle of Hatchie Bridge | |||||||
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Part of American Civil War | |||||||
Second phase of the Iuka–Corinth Campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Edward O. C. Ord Stephen A. Hurlbut |
Earl Van Dorn Sterling Price | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
District of Jackson (3 brigades) | Army of the West | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 | 400 |
The Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, also known as Battle of Davis Bridge or Matamora, was fought on October 5, 1862, in
Van Dorn's (Confederate)
Order of battle
Union
District of Jackson – Major General
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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4th Division
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Cavalry Escort |
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1st Brigade
Jacob G. Lauman
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2nd Brigade
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Provisional Brigade
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Confederate
Army of the West – Major General Earl Van Dorn
Price's Corps – Major General Sterling Price
Battlefield
Davis Bridge Battlefield | ||
MPS Archeological Resources of the American Civil War in Tennessee MPS | | |
NRHP reference No. | 97001549[5] | |
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Added to NRHP | July 13, 1998 |
The battlefield site, known as Davis Bridge Battlefield, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. A 5-acre (20,000 m2) area of the battlefield is part of the Siege and Battle of Corinth Sites, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991. The total battlefield area deemed potentially eligible for the National Register is 5,103 acres (2,065 ha), of which 861.5 acres (348.6 ha) has protected status.[6] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved 860 acres (3.5 km2) of the battlefield as of mid-2023.[7]
References
- ^ National Park Service battle description Archived September 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Davis Bridge Battlefield Page: Battle maps, photos, history articles, and battlefield news (CWPT)". Archived from the original on 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
- ISBN 0-8078-5783-1.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Update to the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields, pp. 79-81
- ^ "Davis Bridge Battlefield". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved June 21, 2023.