Jeffersonville, Indiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===== Evacuation to Jeffersonville ===== In September and October 1862, two [[Military forces of the Confederate States|Confederate]] armies led by [[General officer|Generals]] [[Braxton Bragg]] and [[Edmund Kirby Smith|E. Kirby Smith]] closed in on Louisville, a key strategic prize. General [[William "Bull" Nelson]] ordered women and children to evacuate. So many fled across the river to Jeffersonville that the city's hotels and rooming houses were filled to capacity. On September 24, General [[Don Carlos Buell]] and his men managed to reach Louisville barely ahead of the Confederates. The force of 100,000 Union soldiers successfully defended Louisville and forestalled any invasion.<ref name="Nokes-2002" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page