Hinesville Skirmish State
Historical Marker
Located at Oglethorpe Ave. (U.S. 84) and
Ryan St., Hinesville, Ga.
(Text)
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,
mete 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
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