| Rating: |
5.76 (5) |
| Games Played: |
5 |
| SM: |
1 |
| Turns: |
12 |
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Custom |
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CSA |
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Union |
(HISTORICAL) Action near Middleburg. In late August of 1862, a strong Confederate cavalry force under Brigadier General Frank C. Armstrong raided Union-held West Tennessee. The plan was to " threaten Bolivar, and, if possible, take Jackson (TN) and destroy the Mobile and Ohio Railroad". Along a creekbed east of Middleburg, the 7th Tennessee Cavalry ran into the advance of Colonel Mortimer Leggett's Federal brigade from Bolivar. Reinforced by two more regiments and Balch's Battalion, the Confederates drove through Middleburg, passing around the Union right flank. A successful skirmish against the 2nd Illinois Cavalry and four infantry companies was fought between the town and Bolivar. The action forced Leggett's brigade to fall back to Bolivar and General Armstrong, apparently not wishing to become heavily engaged, let them go. Two days later, at Britton's Lane, Armstrong would change his mind about getting involved in a decisive fight in West Tennessee.
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