Scott W. Owens
Re: Confederate Victories
Mon May 21 00:46:32 2001


A little unknown action which seems to involve more than the Athens affair listed in the battle list is what happened at Pleasant Ridge, April 6, 1865. From what reports that can be put together, while the brigades of Wirt Adams (Confederate) and John Croxton (Union) were in contact, about 1500 effectives each, a couple of regiments were in action on each side at any one time. This is to be discerned from the following action at Romulus later that evening. At Pleasant Ridge, Adams' troops stormed across the Sipsey Mills Bridge after the mill had burned out from the action of Croxton. Adams' forward elements engaged the 6th Kentucky Cav (Union) which was routed and driven back upon the 2nd Michigan Cav, which checked the drive by Adams' regiments. Maj Wm Fidler, commanding 6th Kentucky, was among the casualties, being captured by locals and locked up in the county jail. Wagons and ambulances were also lost by the Union force. After holding off the Confederates, the 2nd Michigan withdrew northward with the rest of Croxton's brigade. Since the Confederates were in possession of the field thereafter, it was a tactical victory for Jeff Davis, who was fleeing Richmond at the time.