Liberty Co - "Skirmish at Hinesville" 089-24 - Hinesville, GA
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N 31° 50.442 W 081° 35.686
17R E 443723 N 3522932
This historical marker is located the corner of Ryon Ave and Oglethorpe Hwy in Hinesville, GA.
Waymark Code: WM6CEB
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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SKIRMISH AT HINESVILLE
On Dec. 16, 1864, a detachment of the 7th Illinois infantry (mounted), foraging near the right flank of Gen. Sherman's army which was then closing in on Savannah, met here in Hinesville a detachment of cavalry from Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson's brigade of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's cavalry corps of the Army of Tennessee. Wheeler's corps and units of the Georgia Militia had offered steady resistance to Gen. Sherman's "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah.

After a sharp skirmish through the town, the Confederate detachment withdrew toward the Canoochee River to rejoin Iverson
089-24 Georgia   Historical   Commission 1958
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 089-24

Date: 1958

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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