Skirmish at Mansfield in Henry County, Tennessee

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Skirmish at Mansfield

TN 114, Henry County, TN , USA

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In the month of March 1864, Company G, Seventh Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, was detailed to escort Tennessee's Governor Isham Green Harris to Paris. Near Mansfield they encountered a detachment of Federal soldiers and a spirited engagement took place. The Federal force retired with two killed including their major in command. Company G had two men wounded.

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