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The Mill Springs battlefield is located in Pulaski County, not far from Nancy, Kentucky and also in Mill Springs in Wayne County across from the lake (Cumberland river at the time of the battle). The historic town of Mill Springs, after which the battle was named, is actually across Lake Cumberland. This section of the battlefield, in Wayne ...
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Mill Springs during the American Civil War on January 19, 1862, near present-day Nancy, Kentucky. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Sketch of the battlefield depicting the direction of battle and Confederate fortifications
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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Mill Springs of the American Civil War on January 19, 1862, near present-day Nancy, Kentucky. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Company A, on picket duty until then, finally joined their regiment in the battle [1] The Confederate army took to rout and was pursued to their camp; the Battle of Mill Springs would be the first major Union victory of the war, [2] and the first combat of the 2nd Minnesota.
Moved to Crab Orchard, Kentucky, October 28, 1861, then to Lebanon, Kentucky, and duty there until January 1862. Advance on Camp Hamilton January 1–15. Action at Logan's Cross Roads on Fishing Creek January 19. Battle of Mill Springs January 19–20. Duty at Mill Springs until February 11.
Advance to Camp Hamilton January 1–17, 1862. Battle of Mill Springs January 19–20. March to Louisville, Ky., thence moved to Nashville, Tenn., via Ohio and Cumberland Rivers February 10-March 2. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 20-April 8. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 14.
The Mill Springs Battlefield Visitors Center and Museum commemorates the January 1862 Battle of Mill Springs, fought during the early days of the American Civil War. The museum is located in Nancy, Kentucky , just past the northern edge of the battlefield, overlooking where Union forces camped.