Kilpatrick's Cavalry At The Towaliga River

KILPATRICK'S CAVALRY AT THE TOWALIGA RIVER. On Nov. 17, 1864, Kilpatrick's cavalry division [US], which was covering the right flank of Gen. Sherman's army on its March to the Sea, moved from Bear Creek Station (Hampton), 31 mi. N.W., down the north bank of Towaliga River to threaten Griffin and Forsyth.

This threat caused the Towaliga bridges to be burned by Wheeler's cavalry [CSA] to protect those towns and the large Confederate hospital centers there. A skirmish at this bridge marked the most southerly point W. of Ocmulgee River reached by the Union forces during this campaign. 102-8 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957