Battle of Paris (Tennessee)

Battle of Paris
	Part of American Civil War
	; The Battle of Paris by Frederick Ruple c.1925
Date	March 11, 1862
Location	Paris, Tennessee36°18.075′N 88°21.148′W / 36.301250°N 88.352467°W
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Captain John Thorn Croft	Major Henry Clay King
Units involved
Companies A, B, C, & D of the 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment; Battery I of the 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment	King's 1st Kentucky Battalion; Stack's Company of Tennessee Cavalry; McCutchan's Company of Tennessee Cavalry
Strength
4 Companies of Cavalry (roughly 250 men); 1 Artillery Battery	450-500 (Union estimates)
Casualties and losses
4 Killed, 5 Wounded, 1 Captured (Union Report);	20 Killed or Wounded, 8 Captured (Union Report);

The Battle of Paris, also known as the Expedition to Paris, was a battle fought on March 11, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The battle took place near modern-day Paris, Tennessee located in Henry County.

The battle although brief, was a bloody engagement for the defending Confederate elements of Colonel Henry Clay King's 1st Kentucky Cavalry Battalion.