Battle of Waynesborough

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Began:

December 4, 1864

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Burke County, Georgia

Theater:

Western Theater

Campaign:

Savannah Campaign

Outcome:

Union victory

Combatants

3rd Cavalry Division,
Military Division of
the Mississippi

Cavalry Command,
Army of Tennessee

Commanders

Judson Kilpatrick
Brigadier General, USA

Joseph Wheeler
Major General, CSA

Strength

Casualties

190

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)

v • d • e Major General William T. Sherman's Savannah Campaign, November-December 1864

Griswoldville -- Buck Head Creek -- Honey Hill -- Waynesborough -- Tulifinny -- 2nd Fort McAllister -- Altamaha Bridge

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v • d • e Battles of 1864

Eastern Theater	Morton's Ford -- Walkerton -- Plymouth -- Albemarle Sound -- The Wilderness -- Port Walthall Junction -- Todd's Tavern -- Cloyd’s Mountain -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Swift Creek -- Chester Station -- Cove Mountain -- New River Bridge -- Yellow Tavern -- Richmond Heights -- Proctor's Creek -- New Market -- Ware Bottom Church -- North Anna -- Wilson’s Wharf -- Haw's Shop -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Old Church -- Cold Harbor -- Piedmont -- 1st Petersburg -- Trevilian Station -- Jerusalem Plank Road -- 2nd Petersburg -- Lynchburg -- Saint Mary's Church -- Staunton River Bridge -- Sappony Church -- 1st Ream's Station -- Monocacy -- Fort Stevens -- Heaton's Crossroads -- Cool Spring -- Rutherford's Farm -- 2nd Kernstown -- 1st Deep Bottom -- The Crater -- Folck's Mill -- Moorefield -- 2nd Deep Bottom -- Guard Hill -- Globe Tavern -- Summit Point -- Smithfield Crossing -- 2nd Ream's Station -- Berryville -- Beefsteak Raid -- Opequon -- Fisher's Hill -- Chaffin's Farm -- Peebles' Farm -- Darbytown and New Market Roads -- Darbytown Road -- Tom's Brook -- Cedar Creek -- Boydton Plank Road -- Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road -- Rainbow Bluff Expedition -- Fort Branch -- 1st Fort Fisher

Western Theater	Dandridge -- Athens -- Fair Garden -- Meridian -- Okolona -- 1st Dalton -- Paducah -- Fort Pillow -- Rocky Face Ridge -- Resaca -- Adairsville -- New Hope Church -- Dallas -- Pickett's Mill -- Marietta -- Brice's Crossroads -- Cynthiana -- Kolb's Farm -- Kennesaw Mountain -- Pace's Ferry -- Tupelo -- Peachtree Creek -- Atlanta -- Ezra Church -- Brown's Mill -- Utoy Creek -- 2nd Dalton -- Lovejoy's Station -- Mobile Bay -- Fort Gaines -- 2nd Memphis -- Fort Morgan -- Jonesborough -- 1st Saltville -- Allatoona -- Decatur -- Johnsonville -- Bull's Gap -- Griswoldville -- Columbia -- Buck Head Creek -- Honey Hill -- Spring Hill -- 2nd Franklin -- Waynesborough -- 3rd Murfreesboro -- Tulifinny -- 2nd Fort McAllister -- Altamaha Bridge -- Nashville -- Marion -- 2nd Saltville

Trans-Mississippi Theater	Middle Boggy Depot -- Fort De Russy -- Elkin’s Ferry -- Mansfield -- Pleasant Hill -- Prairie D'Ane -- Blair's Landing -- Monett's Ferry -- Poison Spring -- Marks' Mills -- Jenkins' Ferry -- Calcasieu Pass -- Mansura -- Yellow Bayou -- Old River Lake -- Killdeer Mountain -- Fort Davidson -- Glasgow -- 2nd Lexington -- Little Blue River -- 2nd Independence -- Byram's Ford -- Westport -- Marais des Cygnes -- Marmiton River -- Mine Creek -- 2nd Newtonia

Lower Seaboard Theater	Olustee -- Gainesville -- Marianna

Naval	Hunley vs Housatonic -- Cherbourg

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