// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Battle of Kingston say to the map? You're always fighting for a place.
| Battle of Kingston | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 Battle of Kingston in the Knoxville Campaign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Robert K. Byrd |
Joseph Wheeler | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio |
Armstrong's Division William T. Martin's Division | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 infantry brigade 1 mounted infantry regiment | 2 cavalry divisions (minus 5 regiments) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 20 | 50 | ||||||
The Battle of Kingston (November 24, 1863) saw Major General Joseph Wheeler with two divisions of Confederate cavalry attempt to overcome the Union garrison of Kingston, Tennessee, led by Colonel Robert K. Byrd. The Confederates mistakenly believed that the Kingston garrison was weak, but in fact, it comprised a brigade of infantry and a regiment of mounted infantry. When Wheeler's cavalrymen began probing the Union position, they discovered that its defenders were too numerous, and the position was too strong. The Confederate cavalry withdrew to rejoin Lieutenant General James Longstreet's forces in the Siege of Knoxville, but Wheeler himself returned to the Army of Tennessee near Chattanooga.
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[edit]- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 3. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-571-X.
- Boatner, Mark M. III (1988). The Civil War Dictionary (Revised ed.). New York: David McKay. ISBN 978-0-8129-1726-0.
- Cox, Jacob D. (1882). "Atlanta". New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- Hess, Earl J. (2013). The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1-57233-995-8.
- Official Records (1890). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXXI, Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
