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The Battle of Dandridge ( January 16 – January 17 , 1864 ) was a minor battle of the American Civil War that occurred in Jefferson County, Tennessee . Wanting to push the Confederates out of their winter headquarters and having received reports of good forage south of the French Broad River , Union forces under Maj. Gen. John G. Parke advanced on Dandridge , near the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad , on January 14 , with orders to cross the river and occupy the area for the Federals. This movement forced Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet , who had been operating around Dandridge, to fall back beyond Kimbrough's Crossroads. Longstreet brought up reinforcements from Morrisville on January 15 to meet the Federals and threaten the Union base at New Market. On January 16 , Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis , commanding the Cavalry Corps, Army Of The Ohio , rode forward from Dandridge to occupy Kimbrough's Crossroads. As the Union cavalry neared the crossroads, they discovered and engaged one of Longstreet's Infantry divisions with Artillery that had arrived the day before. At the same time Union cavalry under the command of Col. Frank Wolford engaged with Confederate forces south and east of Dandridge on the Bend of Chucky Road. The Union cavalry could not dislodge the Confederate troops and were compelled to retire to Dandridge. Around noon on , and shoes, broke off and fell back to Dandridge. For the time being, the Union forces left the area. REFERENCES |
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