Battle of Lockridge Mill

Battle of Lockridge Mill
	Part of American Civil War
Date	May 6, 1862
Location	Palmersville, Tennessee36°25.77′N 88°39.88′W / 36.42950°N 88.66467°W
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Major Carl Schaeffer Boernstein †	Colonel Thomas Claiborne; Colonel William Hicks Jackson
Units involved
Companies E, F, & G of the 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment	7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Confederate);
Strength
3 Companies of Cavalry (roughly 125 - 130 men)	1,250 - 2,000 (estimates vary)
Casualties and losses
6 Killed, 16 Wounded, 71 Captured (Confederate Report); 4 Killed, 12 Wounded, 60 Captured (Union Report) ;	None Killed; Several wounded including John Goff Ballentine;

The Battle of Lockridge Mill or the Battle of Lockridge's Mills, also called Skirmish near Lockridge's Mill was a skirmish fought on May 6, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The skirmish took place near modern-day Palmersville, Tennessee. The skirmish derives its name from the ford and gristmill on the nearby northern fork of the Obion River owned by Marshall Lockridge.