On October 6, 1863, Confederate Col. John M. Hughes, commanding 129 men of the 25th Tennessee Infantry, attacked Fort Williams, which was garrisoned by about 420 men of the 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry under Maj. Samuel Martin. At the time of the attack, 50 men were camped in the court house square and 30 were out on patrol. At dawn, Hughes attacked the men on the square and then moved onto the fort. He later reported that his force killed 9, wounded 26, and captured 226, along with quartermaster's stores valued at $250,000.00, while losing 1 killed and 4 wounded. The Union prisoners were marched to the Tennessee line and paroled. Martin's report differed, stating that the Confederates captured 142 men, confiscated 200 horses, 100 carbines, saddles, and clothing, and robbed the local bank of $9,000; he reported 13 Confederates wounded, 4 of whom later died. More Union troops arrived in Glasgow the next day, and Fort Williams remained in Union control for the rest of the war. Four days before the attack, Martin had reported to Gen. Jeremiah T. Boyle that he could keep all the Rebels then at the Cumberland River out of the place and could whip them anywhere he found them. Perhaps Martin's overconfidence, coupled with new recruits and a lack of discipline, allowed a much smaller Confederate force to rout the Union defenders.