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Battle of Waynesborough (view source)
Revision as of 03:54, December 23, 2010
, 03:54, December 23, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Waynesborough |image= |begin=December 4, 1864 |end=Same day |place=Burke County, Georgia |theater=Western Theater |campaign=Savannah Campaign |result=..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Waynesborough
|image=
|begin=December 4, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Burke County, Georgia
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Savannah Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=3rd Cavalry Division,<br/>Military Division of<br/>the Mississippi
|combatants2=Cavalry Command,<br/>Army of Tennessee
|commanders1=[[Judson Kilpatrick]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[Joseph Wheeler]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''190'''
|casualties2='''250'''
}}
As Sherman’s infantry marched southeast through Georgia, his cavalry under Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick rode northeastward. He set out on the morning of December 4 to attack Waynesborough and destroy Joseph Wheeler’s cavalry command. That morning Kilpatrick’s men advanced, driving the Rebel skirmishers in front of them. The Union force then came up against a defensive line of barricades which they eventually overran. As the Union advance continued, they met more barricades which required time to overcome. Finally, the Confederates fell back to a final line of barricades within the town. After furious fighting, the Union troops broke through and Wheeler’s force ran. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Savannah}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Waynesborough
|image=
|begin=December 4, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Burke County, Georgia
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Savannah Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=3rd Cavalry Division,<br/>Military Division of<br/>the Mississippi
|combatants2=Cavalry Command,<br/>Army of Tennessee
|commanders1=[[Judson Kilpatrick]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[Joseph Wheeler]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''190'''
|casualties2='''250'''
}}
As Sherman’s infantry marched southeast through Georgia, his cavalry under Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick rode northeastward. He set out on the morning of December 4 to attack Waynesborough and destroy Joseph Wheeler’s cavalry command. That morning Kilpatrick’s men advanced, driving the Rebel skirmishers in front of them. The Union force then came up against a defensive line of barricades which they eventually overran. As the Union advance continued, they met more barricades which required time to overcome. Finally, the Confederates fell back to a final line of barricades within the town. After furious fighting, the Union troops broke through and Wheeler’s force ran. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Savannah}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]