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The Battle of Campbell's Station was a battle of the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War , occurring on November 16 , 1863 , in what is now Farragut , Knox County, Tennessee . In early November 1863, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet , with two divisions and about 5,000 cavalry, was detached from the Confederate Army Of Tennessee near Chattanooga, Tennessee , to attack Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside 's Union Department Of The Ohio troops at Knoxville . Following parallel routes, Longstreet and Burnside raced for Campbell's Station, a hamlet where the Concord Road , from the south, intersected the Kingston Road (now called Kingston Pike ) to Knoxville. Burnside hoped to reach the crossroads first and continue on to safety in Knoxville; Longstreet planned to reach the crossroads and hold it, which would prevent Burnside from gaining Knoxville and force him to fight outside his earthworks. By forced marching, on a rainy 's Confederate division struck with such force that the Union right had to redeploy, but held. Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins 's Confederate division maneuvered ineffectively as it advanced and was unable to turn the Union left. Burnside ordered his two divisions astride the Kingston Road to withdraw three-quarters of a mile to a ridge in their rear. This was accomplished without confusion. The Confederates suspended their attack while Burnside continued his retrograde movement to Knoxville. Estimated casualties for the battle were 400 for the U.S. and 570 for the Confederates. Had Longstreet reached Campbell's Station first, the Knoxville Campaign's results might have been different. Much of the area where the battle was fought is now part of the town of Farragut . REFERENCES |
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