Battle of Griswoldville
1864 battle in the American Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Griswoldville was the first battle of Sherman's March to the Sea, fought November 22, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Union Army brigade under Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt fought three brigades of Georgia militia under Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Philips, at Griswoldville (an industrial town), near Macon, Georgia, and continued its march toward Savannah.
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Battle of Griswoldville | |||||||
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Part of the Sherman's March to the Sea of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States (Union) | Confederate States (Confederacy) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles C. Walcutt Charles R. Woods |
Joseph Wheeler Pleasant J. Philips | ||||||
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3,000 [1] | 2,300[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
94 total, 13 dead, 79 wounded, 2 captured[1] | The Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, GA, December 6, 1864) reported a loss of 614 killed, wounded and missing. |
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