Battle of Rogersville

The Battle of Rogersville was a conflict in and around the town of Rogersville, Tennessee, on the morning of November 6, 1863, between the United States Army 3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division and the Confederate States Army Jones' Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Brigade and the 8th Virginia Cavalry. Because Federal forces were caught largely by surprise, the Confederates, under Brigadier General William E. Jones, were able to recapture Rogersville along with significant supplies from the town's railroad storehouses.

Battle of Rogersville
Part of the American Civil War
Date November 6, 1863 Location Rogersville, Tennessee Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
USA (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Israel Garrard Major Daniel Carpenter	Brigadier General William E. Jones
Units involved
3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division	Jones' Brigade 2nd Cavalry Brigade 8th Virginia Cavalry
Casualties and losses
655	Unknown killed/injured

Union casualties

Union casualties are reported in the following table. A note asserted that wounded soldiers were probably reported as captured.^[1] Another source stated that Battery M lost 4 men killed and 35 captured. All its guns were spiked and abandoned, but 86 men, 50 horses, and some equipment avoided capture.^[2]

Union casualties reported at Rogersville, Tenn. November 6, 1863^[1]

Unit	Officers killed	Enlisted killed	Officers wounded	Enlisted wounded	Officers captured	Enlisted captured	Aggregate
2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
7th Ohio Cavalry Regiment	0	0	0	2	1	118	121
2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Infantry	0	5	0	1	20	474	500
Battery M, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery	0	0	0	0	0	33	33
Totals	0	5	0	3	21	626	655

Notes

1. Official Records 1890, p. 288.
2. Reece 1901, p. 725.

References

• History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Nashville: Goodspeed. 1887. OCLC 7914830.
• Price, Henry R (2002). Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee. Vol. 1. Rogersville: H R Price. OCLC 51158046.
• Price, Henry R (1996). Hawkins County: A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach: Donnings Co. ISBN 0-89865-974-4.
• "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. XXXI Part 1". Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1890. p. 288. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
• Reece, J. N. (1901). "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois: 1861–1866". Springfield, Ill.: Journal Company, Printers and Binders. p. 725. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

Battle Unit Details. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2020, from https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UOH0007RC