Waynesborough

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Waynesborough (1864)

War:

American Civil War

Date(s):

4 Dec 1864

Location:

Burke County, Georgia, US

Outcome:

Union Victory

Description:

Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick, USA
Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA

Each side deployed roughly a cavalry division.

Losses were around 200 each, the Union a little less, the South a little more.

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.

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