The 15th Corps

On the night of Nov. 21, 1864, the headquarters and one division (Hazen´s) of the 15th Corps[USA] of General Sherman´s army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, camped here at the crossing of the Macon-Milledgeville and Clinton - Irwinton roads. Wood´s division camped at the railroad,3 ½ miles south.

Next morning, Hazen moved past Woods towards Irwinton. Walcutt´s brigade of Woods division, on the extreme right,was attacked near Griswoldville (4 miles S) by a division of Georgia Militia, Walcutt was wounded and both forces suffered severe casualties

GHM 084-19 Georgia Historical Commission

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: David Seibert.