Rivers’ Bridge (Salkehatchie River, Hickory Hill, Owens’ Crossroads, Lawtonville, Duck Creek)

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Rivers’ Bridge (1865)

War:

American Civil War

Also known as:

Salkehatchie River, Hickory Hill, Owens’ Crossroads, Lawtonville, Duck Creek

Date(s):

3 Feb 1865

Location:

Bamberg County, South Carolina, US

Outcome:

Union victory

Description:

Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair, USA
Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws, CSA

Each side had about a division but the Union were almost four times stronger.

Union losses were about 100; the Confederates lost about 175.

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.

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