Haggerty Withdraws from Tomahawk....

II/AOA and III/AOA started fighting their way across Tomahawk Creek and Baker's Spring Branch under fire from III/DEF. Two of III/DEF's batteries has already withdrawn when their guns ran out of canister and the third battery (Wiley's Texas Batery) was given the order to limber up and retreat. Once the guns were pulled off the line Maj. Gen. Francis Haggerty's men started a hasty retreat.

There was very little rear guard action by the infantry in comparison to the I Corps fighting at Locust Grove. Once the order came, DEF units retreated quickly to the rear and headed towards the Clinton Road and Lebanon. Being much less fatigued than the AOA units on the field, the Federals were not able to catch up to them. Brig. Gen. Oestman's Brigade stopped southwest of Osborne Woods and deployed to make a stand as rear guard, but Brig. Gen. Dibble's cavalry brigade was fighting its own rearguard closer to Tomahawk Creek, allowing Oestman to continue his retreat to Lebanon.

Several Brigade Commanders went down on the field:

Brig. Gen. William Dibble (1/Cav/DEF): Killed in rear guard fighting by the 163rd Illinois Infantry of Col. Frank Sam's Brigade (1/2/II/AOA)

Col. William Stafford (2/2/II/AOA): Killed by the 26th Arkansas Cavalry (1/Cav/DEF).

Col. Jacob Miller (2/3/III/AOA): Killed by the 71st Alabama Infantry (2/1/III/DEF).

Total losses on the field for the day at Tomahawk were about 4,500 and falling slightly heavier on DEF, but with both sides losing more than 2,000 men.