battle, nineteenth century

Second Battle of Collierville

Name: Second Battle of Collierville
Start: 1863-11-03
Location: Shelby County, Tennessee, United States

Second Battle of Collierville was a battle fought on 3 November 1863 at Shelby County, in what is now Tennessee, United States. It was part of the Western theater of the American Civil War. The recorded result: Union victory. Recorded strength: 850 against 2,500.

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Fought3 November 1863

WhereShelby County, Tennessee, United States35.044N, 89.665W

OutcomeUnion victory

BelligerentsUnited States (Union)againstConfederate States

Casualties and losses60and6 dead and 89 wounded or missing

Battlefield todayCollierville battlefieldNPS site TN022, 7,645 acres studied, 486 core

Part ofWestern theater of the American Civil War

Where it sits in the Western theater of the American Civil War

4 placed engagements of the Western theater of the American Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	3 November 1863
Place	Shelby County, Tennessee, United States 35.044N, 89.665W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	850	2,500
Casualties and losses	60	6 dead and 89 wounded or missing
Commanders	Edward Hatch	James Ronald Chalmers

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the battlefield study area mapped by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

First Battle of Collierville 1863, same recorded site
Second Battle of Memphis 1864, 37 km W
First Battle of Memphis 1862, 46 km W
Battle of Fort Pillow 1864, 68 km N
Battle of Plum Point Bend 1862, 72 km N

In the same war

Before: First Battle of Collierville 11 October 1863
All 4 engagements of Western theater of the American Civil War

Elsewhere in 1863

Battle of Gettysburg United States
Battle of Chancellorsville United States
Battle of Chickamauga United States
Siege of Vicksburg United States
Battle of Camarón Mexico

The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Collierville battlefield (site TN022): a study area of 7,645 acres, with a core area of 486 acres where the fighting was concentrated.

Second Battle of Collierville is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (56 in Tennessee).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2748737, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Collierville, revision 1370736057, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.