Buckner's Division

On February 15, 1862, about 1 p.m., C.S.A. Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's division, complying with General Floyd's orders, withdrew to its original position within the trenches covered by the 2d Kentucky and 41st Tennessee. Only a small portion of the division had reached its position when Smith's division attacked the right flank of the Confederate line, struck Colonel Hanson's regiment before it had reached the rifle pits, and threw it back in confusion upon the 16th Tennessee. Hastily forming a line behind the crest of this ridge, Colonel Hanson's regiment repulsed the ensuing attack there. Reinforced by the 14th Mississippi and the 3d and 18th Tennessee regiments as they arrived, and supported by Porter's and a section of Graves' artillery, the 2d Kentucky maintained its position against repeated assaults. Toward the close of the action, which lasted over two hours, Buckner's division was reinforced by the 42d Tennessee under Colonel Quarles, the 50th Tennessee under Colonel Sugg, and the 49th Tennessee under Colonel Bailey. After an unsuccessful attempt to recover the lost trenches, Buckner's division maintained its position along this ridge.

Dover, Tennessee · United States