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Battle in American Civil War This article is about the Civil War battle in Tennessee. For the Revolutionary War battle in New Jersey, see Battle of Red Bank.

Battle of Red Banks

Part of the American Civil War

Map of the Nolichucky River

Date	December 29, 1864 (1864-12-29)
Location	Red Banks of the Nolichucky River, Tennessee, near the North Carolina line36°07′23″N 82°26′35″W / 36.123°N 82.443°W / 36.123; -82.443 (Battle_of_Red_Banks)
Result	Union victory

Belligerents

United States (Union)

Confederate States (Confederacy)

Commanders and leaders

George W. Kirk

James A. Keith

Units involved

3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry

64th North Carolina Infantry

Strength

Around 960

400

Casualties and losses

3 wounded

73 killed
32 captured

The Battle of Red Banks was an American Civil War battle that took place on December 29, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. It took place at the Red Banks of the Nolichucky River in Unicoi County, Tennessee near the North Carolina border. Southern soldiers referred to the conflict as the Battle of the Bloody Chucky.

Around 960 Union cavalry of the 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry under Colonel George Washington Kirk engaged about 400 Confederate troops of the 64th North Carolina Infantry under Colonel James A. Keith during an extended raid through western North Carolina, southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee. After eliminating about a quarter of the Confederate troops and forcing the remainder to retreat, the Union Cavalry continued their intended march into Knoxville.

References

Bibliography

Tipton, A. Christine. 2000. Civil War in the Mountains; Greasy Cove, Tennessee. Shining Mountain Publishers.

Citations and Notes

Tipton, pp 7.
3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry Regiment
Thomas' Legion - 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry Regiment

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Origins

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Combatants
Theaters
Campaigns
Battles
States

Combatants

Union	Army Navy Marine Corps Revenue Cutter Service
Confederacy	Army Navy Marine Corps

Theaters

Major campaigns

Major battles

Involvement

States and
territories

Cities

Leaders

Confederate

Military	R. H. Anderson Beauregard Bragg Buchanan Cooper Early Ewell Forrest Gorgas Hill Hood Jackson A. S. Johnston J. E. Johnston Lee Longstreet Morgan Mosby Polk Price Semmes E. K. Smith Stuart Taylor Wheeler
Civilian	Benjamin Bocock Breckinridge Davis Hunter Mallory Memminger Seddon Stephens

Union

Military	Anderson Buell Burnside Butler Du Pont Farragut Foote Frémont Grant Halleck Hooker Hunt McClellan McDowell Meade Meigs Ord Pope D. D. Porter Rosecrans Scott Sheridan Sherman Thomas
Civilian	Adams Chase Ericsson Hamlin Lincoln Pinkerton Seward Stanton Stevens Wade Welles

Aftermath

Constitution

Reconstruction Amendments

Reconstruction

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Reconstruction

Monuments
and memorials

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Confederate	List artworks in Capitol memorials to Davis memorials to Lee Removal

Cemeteries

Veterans

Related topics

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Political	Committee on the Conduct of the War Confederate States presidential election of 1861 Confiscation Act of 1861 Confiscation Act of 1862 Copperheads Diplomacy Emancipation Proclamation Habeas Corpus Act of 1863 Hampton Roads Conference National Union Party Politicians killed Radical Republicans Trent Affair Union Leagues U.S. Presidential Election of 1864 War Democrats
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Background

Battles

1862	Fort Henry Fort Donelson Island Number Ten Shiloh Lebanon Plum Point Bend First Battle of Memphis First Battle of Chattanooga First Battle of Murfreesboro Britton's Lane Riggins Hill Hatchie's Bridge Hartsville Lexington Jackson Parker's Cross Roads Stones River
1863	Dover Thompson's Station Vaught's Hill Brentwood First Battle of Franklin Hoover's Gap Liberty Gap Second Battle of Chattanooga Blountville Farmington Blue Springs Campbell's Station Third Battle of Chattanooga Brown's Ferry Wauhatchie Collierville Rogersville Knoxville Fort Sanders Bean's Station Mossy Creek
1864	Dandridge Fair Garden Fort Pillow Second Battle of Memphis Morristown Second Battle of Franklin Johnsonville Bull's Gap Columbia Spring Hill Third Battle of Murfreesboro Nashville Anthony's Hill Red Banks

Involvement
(by city or town)

Leaders

Confederate	John Bell Isham G. Harris John Henninger Reagan
Union	Andrew Johnson

Aftermath

Confederate monuments and memorials

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