Railroad-Related Military Events Sorted by County
Bedford Skirmish at Wartrace N & C 4/11/1862
Benton Destruction of railroad tracks by men from the USN "Tyler" M C & L 2/6/1862
Benton Destruction of Memphis & Bowling Green RR Bridge Memphis & Bowling Green (M C & L) 2/8/1862
Bradley Raid on ET & G RR ET & G 11/24/1863
Bradley Wheeler's Raid on Cleveland ET & G 8/17/1864
Bradley East Tennessee Unionist Bridge Burnings ET & VA, ET & GA, W & A 11/8/1861
Carroll Destruction of railroad from McKenzie Station to Union City N & N W 12/24/1862
Chester Henderson's Station Bridge Mob & O 11/25/1862
Chester Cox's Raid on Henderson's Station Mob & O 10/25/1862
Coffee Destruction of M & M RR M & M 4/20/1863
Coffee Raid on N & C RR, near Tullahoma N & C 3/16/1864
Coffee Destruction of RR near Tullahoma N & C 9/28/1864
Coffee Forrest's attack on Guest Hollow Stockade M & M 8/29/1862
Coffee Destruction of rails near Tullahoma N & C 3/25/1862
Davidson Affair at Antioch Station N & C 4/10/1863
Davidson Destruction of bridge near Nashville N & C 7/21/1862
Davidson Burning of train near Antioch N & C 1/25/1863
Davidson Operations against stockades and block-houses on the N & C RR N & C 12/2/1864
Davidson Skirmish at "Dead Horse Trestle" E & K 10/31/1862
Davidson Affair near Nashville L & N 4/9/1863
Davidson Affair near Antioch N & C 4/9/1863
Dickson Raid on the N & NW RR (1864) N & NW 10/18/1864
Fayette Affair at Moscow M & C 3/29/1863
Fayette Trestle Work at La Fayette M & C 12/4/1863
Fayette Destruction of bridges near Moscow and over the Obion River Mob & O 12/21/1862
Fayette Skirmish at Shelby Depot M & O 10/23/1862
Fayette Attack on train near La Fayette M & C 6/23/1864
Fayette Affair near La Fayette Station M & C 6/25/1862
Franklin Action near Elk River Bridge N & C 9/4/1864
Franklin Destruction of Tracy City Railroad track TC & RR 6/29/1863
Franklin Affair at Cowan N & C 10/9/1863
Gibson Destruction of track between Trenton and Kenton Mob & O 12/21/1862
Gibson Destruction of Trenton Station Mob & O 12/21/1862
Gibson Attack at Humboldt M & O and Mob & O 12/20/1862
Gibson Skirmish near Humboldt at Burnt Bridge Mob & O 9/5/1862
Gibson Attack at Humboldt Mob & O and M & O 12/20/1862
Giles Forrest's raid on Elkton T & A 9/26/1864
Giles Destruction of RR between Pulaski and Columbia T & A 9/27/1864
Giles Skirmish at Reynold's Station, N & D RR N & D or T & A 8/27/1862
Grundy Destruction of Tracy City Railroad track TC & RR 6/29/1863
Hamblen Destruction of RR near Russellville ET & V 10/21/1864
Hamblen Capture of train near Morristown ET & V 9/6/1863
Hamilton Burning of Chickamauga Station W & A 11/26/1863
Hamilton Attack on Chattanooga by James S. Negley ET & G, N & C, W & A 6/7/1862
Hamilton Burning of Ooltewah Bridge ET & G 11/25/1863
Hamilton Burning of bridge at Wauhatchie N & C 10/28/1863
Hamilton Pittinger's Raid on Georgia State Railroad W & A 4/7/1862
Hamilton, Bradley, McMinn, Jefferson, Washington East Tennessee Unionist Bridge Burnings ET & GA, ET & VA, W & A 11/8/1861
Hardeman Attack on a railroad train, Grand Junction MsC 3/21/1863
Hardeman Bridge across Big Hatchie River discovered burned MsC 7/13/1863
Hardeman Attack on Grand Junction MsC 7/25/1862
Hardeman Track destruction at Saulsbury M & C 12/2/1863
Hardeman Burning of trestle near Middleton M & C 7/30/1863
Hardeman Attack on rail near Bolivar MsC 7/26/1862
Houston Destruction of railroad tracks by men from the USN "Tyler" M C & L 2/6/1862
Houston Destruction of Memphis & Bowling Green RR Bridge Memphis & Bowling Green (M C & L) 2/8/1862
Humphreys Attack on Johnsonville N & NW 11/5/1864
Humphreys Raid on the N & NW RR N & NW 8/15/1864
Jefferson Destruction of railroad around Mossy Creek Bridge ET & V 6/21/1863
Jefferson Skirmish at Strawberry Plains Bridge (1864) ET & V 8/24/1864
Jefferson Skirmish at Mossy Creek ET &V 10/16/1864
Jefferson Destruction of bridges near Strawberry Plains ET & V 6/20/1863
Jefferson Skirmish at Strawberry Plains Bridge ET & VA 11/8/1861
Jefferson East Tennessee Unionist Bridge Burnings ET & VA, ET & GA, W & A 11/8/1861
Knox Capture of Knoxville ET & G, K &K, ET & V 9/2/1863
Lincoln Affair near Fayetteville Wn & AL 12/6/1863
Loudon Attack on Railroad at Athens and Sweet Water ET & G 2/16/1865
Loudon Destruction of railroad between Lenoir Station and Knoxville ET & G 6/19/1863
Madison Armstrong's raid on Medon Station MsC 8/30/1862
Madison Destruction of Webb's Station Mob & O 12/18/1862
Madison Affair at Carroll Station Mob & O 12/19/1862
Marion Skirmish at Tracy City TC & RR 8/30/1864
Marion Destruction of Tracy City Railroad track TC & RR 6/29/1863
Marion Burning of Nickajack Bridge N & C 8/21/1863
Maury Destruction of RR between Pulaski and Columbia T & A 9/27/1864
Maury Destruction of Railroad near Campbell's Station T & A 9/1/1864
Maury Action near Columbia T & A 10/1/1864
McMinn Attack on Railroad at Athens and Sweet Water ET & G 2/16/1865
McMinn East Tennessee Unionist Bridge Burnings ET & VA, ET & GA, W & A 11/8/1861
McMinn Destruction of bridges at Calhoun ET & G 11/29/1863
McNairy Destruction of Beach Creek Bridge Mob & O 3/13/1862
McNairy Skirmish at Chewalla Mob & O 10/5/1862
McNairy Skirmish on Elk River, near Bethel Mob & O 5/9/1862
McNairy Cypress Creek Bridge burned Mob & O 5/30/1862
McNairy Raid on the Mob & O near Bethel Station Mob & O 4/29/1862
McNairy Action near Bethel Mob & O 5/4/1862
Montgomery Clarksville railroad bridge burned MC & L 2/18/1862
Montgomery Destruction of trestle near Clarksville MC & L 5/21/1863
Montgomery Lyon's raid on RR near Clarksville M C & L 12/6/1864
Obion Destruction of railroads around Union City N & NW and Mob & O 12/23/1862
Obion Capture of Union City N & NW, Mob & O 3/31/1862
Obion Destruction of railroad from McKenzie Station to Union City N & N W 12/24/1862
Obion Capture of Union City Mob & O, N & NW 3/31/1862
Robertson Skirmish at "Dead Horse Trestle" E & K 10/31/1862
Rutherford Operations against stockades and block-houses on the N & C RR N & C 12/2/1864
Rutherford Skirmish at LaVergne N & C 10/7/1862
Rutherford Skirmish at La Vergne N & C 4/10/1863
Rutherford Destruction of Murfreesboro depot and railroad N & C 7/13/1862
Rutherford Attack on railroad train near Murfreesboro N & C 12/13/1864
Rutherford Affair at Christiana N & C 10/5/1863
Rutherford Wheeler attacks Murfreesboro N & C 10/5/1863
Rutherford Capture of railroad train near Murfreesboro N & C 12/15/1864
Rutherford Stopping of a train near Murfreesboro N & C 9/2/1864
Rutherford Burning of Train near La Vergne N & C 12/25/1863
Shelby Operations on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad M & C 10/11/1863
Shelby Destruction of track at Collierville M & C 11/3/1863
Shelby Track damaged near Germantown M & C 7/18/1863
Shelby Bridge at Collierville M & C 12/27/1863
Sullivan Occupation of Zollicoffer ET & V 10/15/1863
Sullivan Destruction of the Holston and Watauga railroad bridges ET & V 12/30/1862
Sullivan Occupation of Bristol by Federal troops ET & V 9/19/1863
Sullivan Skirmish near Bristol ET & VA 11/10/1861
Sumner Skirmish at Richland Station L & N 3/19/1863
Sumner Morgan at Gallatin L & N 8/12/1862
Sumner Guerilla Attack on train at Gallatin Tunnel L & N 10/26/1863
Sumner Raid on L & N L & N 8/19/1862
Sumner Affair at South Tunnel, Gallatin L & N 10/10/1864
Sumner Taking of the station at Gallatin L & N 3/15/1862
Warren Destruction of M & M RR M & M 4/20/1863
Warren Wheeler attacks McMinnville TC & RR 10/4/1863
Washington Destruction of the Holston and Watauga railroad bridges ET & V 12/30/1862
Washington East Tennessee Unionist Bridge Burnings ET & VA, ET & GA, W & A 11/8/1861
Weakley Destruction of railroad from McKenzie Station to Union City N & N W 12/24/1862
Williamson Attack on Brentwood T & A 3/25/1863

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