While Great Grandfather Nathan Oakes was away with the Confederate Army in Chattanooga, his hometown of Kossuth, Mississippi was occupied by Federal forces. It wasn't a peaceful time for families back home. On this date 150 years ago, 2 companies of the Union 7th Kansas Regiment under Capt. Malone, while scouting the countryside around Kossuth to the Hatchie River, were ambushed by Rebels about 5 miles from Kossuth. Four of his men were killed and 8 wounded, while his force killed 2 and wounded several of the Rebel attackers. The Union dead were buried in Kossuth.
Source: Official Records, Vol. 17, Part 1, pp. 42-43
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