DANDRIDGE, TENN
JAN. 16TH - 17TH, 1864
Dandridge, Tenn., Jan. 16-17, 1864. 1st and 2nd Cavalry
Divisions Army of the Cumberland, and 1st Cavalry Division,
Army of the Ohio. On the 16th, the enemy being in close
proximity to Dandridge, Col. Wolford's division of the Army of
the Ohio was ordered to make a reconnaissance on the Bend of
Chucky road while the other two divisions advanced on the
Bull'S Gap road to Kimbrough's cross-roads, 9 miles from
Dandridge. The whole Confederate force of cavalry had massed
on the Bend of Chucky road and pressed Wolford heavily,
Garrard's division being checked at the same time by a
division of infantry at the cross-roads. Garrard was ordered
to return after dark and his division was placed in position
on the Bull's Gap road with Wolford's division on the right
and McCook's on the left. At 4 p.m. the next day the
Confederates drove in one regiment of infantry, picketing on
the extreme right, and attacked McCook with great fury.
Garrard was at the time engaging the entire force of the
Enemy's cavalry and three brigades of his infantry. The
fighting was desperate along the entire Union line. The
Federals charged repeatedly and drove the enemy from several
positions, not falling back to the line held in the afternoon
until after dark. Later the whole command took up the march
for Strawberry plains. The Federal losses were 8 killed, 58
wounded and 17 missing; the Confederate casualties amounted to
about 150 killed, wounded and missing.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 5
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