Duvall's Ford, Tenn.,
Sept. 30, 1864.
Detachment of 16th Kentucky Cavalry.
A battalion under Maj. George F. Barnes found Confederate
pickets strongly posted at Duvall's ford on the Watauga river
and skirmished with them until ordered to fall back to Carter's
station. As the command was moving off it was attacked in
front and rear. Barnes cut his way through the force in his
rear and formed his men in line of battle in an open field,
whence he charged upon the enemy and drove them back to the
scene of the first attack.
There the Confederates were too strong for him and he retired
his command in good order. The losses in the action were 1
wounded and 12 missing.
Source: The Union Army, Vol. 5, p. 373
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