Battle of Hoover's Gap

Battle of Hoover's Gap
Part of the American Civil War
Tullahoma Campaign
Date June 24, 1863 (1863-06-24) – June 26, 1863 (1863-06-26) Location Bedford County, Tennessee and Rutherford County, Tennessee Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
William Rosecrans John T. Wilder	Alexander P. Stewart William B. Bate
Units involved
XIV Corps	Stewart's Division
Casualties and losses
61	146

The Battle of Hoover's Gap (24 June 1863) was the principal battle in the Tullahoma Campaign of the American Civil War, in which Union General William S. Rosecrans drove General Braxton Bragg’s Confederates out of Central Tennessee. Rosecrans’ feigned move on the western end of the Confederate line had left the eastern mountain passes lightly defended, and Colonel John T. Wilder's mounted infantry achieved total surprise when they attacked Hoover's Gap. Success was attributed both to Rosecrans’ brilliant deception tactics and the high morale of Wilder’s "Lightning Brigade", equipped with the new Spencer repeating rifle.