Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge
Part of the American Civil War
Date April 28, 1862 Location Jackson County, Alabama 34°37′33.7″N 86°18′21.5″W / 34.626028°N 86.305972°W / 34.626028; -86.305972 Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Ormsby M. Mitchel	Danville Leadbetter
Strength
27	250
Casualties and losses
7 Killed	7 Killed, 1 wounded

The Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge was an action fought between a Union Army detachment of 27 men guarding a bridge near Woodville, Alabama and a Confederate States Army cavalry detachment intent on destroying the railroad bridge on April 28, 1862, during the American Civil War. Union Army brigade commander Colonel Joshua W. Sill reported that the men from the 10th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Arnold R. Chapin, who were under the immediate command of Sergeant William Nelson and Sergeant Augustus H. Makimson held off the Confederate force of 250 men for over two hours and killed 7 Confederates and captured 1 wounded Confederate soldier who told the Union men of the Confederate numbers and casualties. The action resulted in the Union maintaining control of an intact railroad line through the area.