Battle of Dandridge
Part of theAmerican Civil War
Date January 17, 1864 (1864-01-17) Location Jefferson County, Tennessee Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Samuel D. Sturgis	James Longstreet
Units involved
Army of the Ohio IV Corps	Department of East Tennessee
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
~100[1]	~150[1]

TheBattle of Dandridge, January 17, 1864, was a minor battle of theAmerican Civil War that occurred inJefferson County, Tennessee.^[2]

Wanting to push theConfederates out of their winter headquarters and having received reports of good forage south of theFrench Broad River,Union forces underMaj. Gen.John G. Parke advanced onDandridge, near theEast Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, on January 14, with orders to cross the river and occupy the area for the Federals. This movement forced ConfederateLt. Gen.James Longstreet, who had been operating around Dandridge, to fall back beyond Kimbrough's Crossroads. Longstreet brought up reinforcements fromMorristown on January 15 to meet the Federals and threaten the Union base atNew Market.^[2]

On January 16,Brig. Gen.Samuel D. Sturgis, commanding theCavalry Corps,Army of the Ohio, rode forward from Dandridge along the Morristown Road (now Valley Home Rd., State Hwy 66) to occupy Kimbrough's Crossroads. As the Union cavalry neared the crossroads, they discovered and engaged one of Longstreet'sinfantrybrigades withartillery that had arrived the day before. The brigade was composed of Alabama troops, as well as others, and was under the command of Brigadier GeneralMicah Jenkins, a South Carolinian. At the same time Union cavalry under the command of Col. Frank Wolford engaged 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.^[2]

Around noon on January 17, Sturgis received information that the Confederates were preparing for an attack, so he formed his men intolines of battle. About 4:00 p.m., the Confederates advanced towards Dandridge and the battle quickly turned to general fighting. The battle continued until after dark with the Union forces occupying roughly the same battle line as when the fighting started. Having failed to cross the river to the opposite bank, and fearing that Longstreet's entire force was in front of them, General Parke ordered the Federals to retreat to New Market andStrawberry Plains during the night. The Confederates pursued, but due to the lack of cannons,ammunition, and shoes, broke off and fell back to Dandridge. For the time being, the Union forces left the area.^[2]

• Original Records Operations about Dandridge, Tenn., including skirmishes (16th) at Kimbrough's Cross-Roads and on Bend of Chucky Road, and action (17th) near Dandridge.
• National Park Service battle description
• CWSAC Report Update and Resurvey: Individual Battlefield Profiles^{[dead link]}

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• Battles of the Operations about Dandridge of the American Civil War
• Battles of the western theater of the American Civil War
• Confederate victories of the American Civil War
• Battles of the American Civil War in Tennessee
• Jefferson County, Tennessee
• Conflicts in 1864
• 1864 in Tennessee
• January 1864

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