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Battle of Rivers' Bridge (view source)
Revision as of 15:27, December 25, 2010
, 15:27, December 25, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Rivers' Bridge<br/><small>Salkehatchie River, Hickory Hill, Owens’ Crossroads<br/>Lawtonville, Duck Creek </small> |image= |begin=February 3, 1865 |..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Rivers' Bridge<br/><small>Salkehatchie River, Hickory Hill, Owens’ Crossroads<br/>Lawtonville, Duck Creek </small>
|image=
|begin=February 3, 1865
|end=Same day
|place=Bamberg County, South Carolina
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Carolinas Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Francis P. Blair]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Lafayette McLaws]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=5,000
|strength2=1,200
|casualties1='''92'''
|casualties2='''170'''
}}
On February 2, a Confederate force under McLaws held the crossings of the Salkehatchie River against the advance of the right wing of Sherman’s Army. Federal soldiers began building bridges across the swamp to bypass the road block. In the meantime, Union columns worked to get on the Confederates’ flanks and rear. On February 3, two Union brigades waded the swamp downstream and assaulted McLaws’s right. McLaws retreated toward Branchville after stalling Sherman’s advance for only one day. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Carolinas}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Rivers' Bridge<br/><small>Salkehatchie River, Hickory Hill, Owens’ Crossroads<br/>Lawtonville, Duck Creek </small>
|image=
|begin=February 3, 1865
|end=Same day
|place=Bamberg County, South Carolina
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Carolinas Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Francis P. Blair]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Lafayette McLaws]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=5,000
|strength2=1,200
|casualties1='''92'''
|casualties2='''170'''
}}
On February 2, a Confederate force under McLaws held the crossings of the Salkehatchie River against the advance of the right wing of Sherman’s Army. Federal soldiers began building bridges across the swamp to bypass the road block. In the meantime, Union columns worked to get on the Confederates’ flanks and rear. On February 3, two Union brigades waded the swamp downstream and assaulted McLaws’s right. McLaws retreated toward Branchville after stalling Sherman’s advance for only one day. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Carolinas}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]