I have just finished reading about the little-known battle of Britton's Lane. Colonel James T. Wheeler's( 6th) 1st Tennessee Cavalry participated in the battle and my James Harvey Stephenson might have been in the battle. Brigadier General Frank Crawford Armstong was sent on a cavalry raid from Mississippi into Tennessee. Armstrong accomplished his mission and could have headed back to Mississippi without a major fight, but for some reason he decided to fight a larger Union force commanded by Colonel Elias S. Dennis. The Confederate cavalry attacked an entrenched Union force several times suffering heavy losses from cannon fire. The Confederates finally broke through and forced the Union troops to flee leaving their cannons behind. Instead of pursuing the defeated Union forces, Armstrong decided to halt the attack much to the chagrin of his men. http://brittonlane1862.madison.tn.us/battle_history.htm.