Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest's brigade, having left Chattanooga on July 9, bivouacked here en route to his capture of Murfreesboro. The brigade then consisted of the 8th Texas Cavalry (Wharton), 2nd Georgis Cavalry (Lawton), and Woodard's Kentucky Cavalry Battalion. The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Battalion (Morrison), leaving Kingston, had orders to join him at McMinnville.