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Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Athens |image= |begin=January 26, 1864 |end=Same day |place=Limestone County, Alabama |theater=Western Theater |campaign=Operations in North Alabama |..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Athens
|image=
|begin=January 26, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Limestone County, Alabama
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Operations in North Alabama
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=9th Illinois Mounted Infantry
|combatants2=1st Alabama Cavalry
|commanders1=[[Emil Adams]]<br/>Captain, USA
|commanders2=[[Moses W. Hannon]]<br/>Lieutenant Colonel, CSA
|strength1=100
|strength2=600
|casualties1='''20'''
|casualties2='''30'''
}}
Confederate cavalry, numbering about 600 men, attacked Athens, held by about 100 Union troops, around 4:00 am on the morning of January 26, 1864. After a two-hour battle, the Confederates retreated. Union forces, although greatly outnumbered and without fortifications, repulsed the attackers. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Athens
|image=
|begin=January 26, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Limestone County, Alabama
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Operations in North Alabama
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=9th Illinois Mounted Infantry
|combatants2=1st Alabama Cavalry
|commanders1=[[Emil Adams]]<br/>Captain, USA
|commanders2=[[Moses W. Hannon]]<br/>Lieutenant Colonel, CSA
|strength1=100
|strength2=600
|casualties1='''20'''
|casualties2='''30'''
}}
Confederate cavalry, numbering about 600 men, attacked Athens, held by about 100 Union troops, around 4:00 am on the morning of January 26, 1864. After a two-hour battle, the Confederates retreated. Union forces, although greatly outnumbered and without fortifications, repulsed the attackers. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]