Skirmish at Statesboro-GHM 016-7-Bulloch Co
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N 32° 27.691 W 081° 47.495
17S E 425606 N 3591869
US 80/Ga 26 in the northwest edge of Statesboro, GA
Waymark Code: WM7ZHJ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2009
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Approaching Statesboro on Dec. 4, 1864, a strong party of mounted foragers from Hazen´s division, 15th Corps (USA), on the right of Gen. Sherman´s army on its destructive March to the Sea, was attacked by a detachment of Confederate cavalry and driven back to the protection of Hazen´s marching column.
The Seventieth Ohio Infantry (leading the union advance) deployed, fired a volley, and charged with the bayonet, driving the cavalry back through Statesboro and clearing the way for the advance. During this encounter, the Confederates lost 6 killed, 1 wounded, and 2 captured; Hazen lost 8 wounded and 27 captured, all from the foraging party.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 016-7
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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