Still following up on Cantrell's Confederate Service.
SKIRMISH AT PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY
There is not much about this fight. I had never heard of it. It definitely wasn't a major battle.
Union forces in eastern Kentucky learned that Major French had a camp at Pikeville and was in the process of raising a unit so they decided to have a pre-emptive strike. They attacked April 15, 1863, and after an hour's skirmish, captured 17 officers, 70 men, 30 horses, 40 guns, and destroyed French's camp. And that was about it. Obviously, this was a training camp where the unit was being raised. With 40 guns for 70 men, I'd have to say they weren't even armed yet. Information from Jeffrey C. Weaver.
CAMP CHASE, OHIO-- Wikipedia
Cantrell and French's Battalion were sent to Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. Like many other Union training camps, it was turned into a Confederate prisoner camp later in the war.
It is estimated that at least 150,000 Union troops trained here and 25,000 Confederates were held. There are more than 2000 Confederates buried on the site. Captured soldiers from Morgan's Raid were also held on the site.
Wikipedia mentioned that four future presidents passed through the camp: Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and William McKinly. I'm not sure about what Andrew Johnson had to do with it.
More Stuff I Didn'tKnow. --Da Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
