2 Cavalry troops
2 Infantry regiments
Artillery battery Cavalry brigade Result Union victory | Date 1 September 1862 | |
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8 killed
~50 wounded
50+ captured 75 killed or wounded
213 captured Location Denmark, Tennessee, United States Combatants Confederate States of America, Union Similar American Civil War, Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, Battle of Parker's Cross Ro, Battle of Bean's Station, Battle of Campbell's Station | ||
The Battle of Britton's Lane occurred September 1, 1862, near the village of Denmark in rural Madison County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.
Ordered to raid north from Mississippi by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, commanding the Army of the West, thus to prevent Ulysses S. Grant's reinforcing Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell in Tennessee, Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong's cavalry brigade struck Col. Elias S. Dennis's Federal force of two cavalry troops, a battery and two infantry regiments. After four hours, in which they suffered heavy losses while taking 213 prisoners, and two field pieces, the raiders withdrew, their mission accomplished.
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