Siege of Savannah, Georgia
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- General William Tecumseh Sherman's troops besiege the city of Savannah, Georgia from December 10-21, 1864 as the final act of Sherman's March to the Sea
Union Order of Battle
- Dyer 721-723 list the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry, 45th Indiana Infantry, 83rd Indiana Infantry, and 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics as participating in this campaign and siege, but they are not listed on the Union Order of Battle
Command/HQ
- Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, Commanding
- 7th Ohio (Independent) Sharpshooter Company (Lieutenant James Cox)[1]
- 1st Missouri Engineers (U) (5 companies) {Lieutenant Colonel William Tweeddale)
Army of Tennessee (Right Wing)
- Major General Oliver O. Howard, Commanding
- Escorted by:
- 15th Illinois Cavalry / Company K (John A. McQueen, Lieutenant)
- 4th Ohio (Independent) Cavalry Company (John L. King, Captain)
15th Corps
(Peter Osterhaus, Major General)
17th Corps
(Francis Preston Blair (Jr.), Major General)
Escorted by:
11th Illinois Cavalry / Company G
(Stephen S. Tripp, Captain)
Army of Georgia (Left Wing)
- Major General Henry Slocum, Commanding
- Pontoniers:
- 58th Indiana Infantry
(George P. Buell, Colonel)
- 58th Indiana Infantry
14th Corps
(Jefferson C. Davis, Brevet Brigadier General)
20th Corps
(Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams)
Cavalry Corps
Casualties
- Union: 200 killed and wounded
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 631, 699, 722-723)
- http://shermansmarch.org/maps/
- ↑ 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters? Not shown in Dyer
- ↑ Wounded November 22, 1864
- ↑ Wounded December 13, 1864
- ↑ Non-veterans of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry attached.
- ↑ Detachment of 10th Missouri Infantry (U) troops attached.
- ↑ Sick from November 18.
- ↑ 24th Illinois Infantry / Company A attached.
- ↑ Detachment of (II) 11th Ohio Infantry troops attached.
- ↑ Wounded December 19, 1864
- ↑ Detachment of Pennsylvania (Independent) Light Artillery / Battery E troops attached.
- ↑ Captured December 12, 1864
- ↑ Serving with the Left Wing.
- ↑ Serving with the Left Wing.
Categories:
- Operations in the War of the Rebellion
- Operations in Georgia
- Operations in Chatham County, Georgia
- Skirmishes in Georgia
- Skirmishes in Chatham County, Georgia
- Operations in 1864
- Operations on December 10, 1864
- Operations on December 11, 1864
- Operations on December 12, 1864
- Operations on December 13, 1864
- Operations on December 14, 1864
- Operations on December 15, 1864
- Operations on December 16, 1864
- Operations on December 17, 1864
- Operations on December 18, 1864
- Operations on December 19, 1864
- Operations on December 20, 1864
- Operations on December 21, 1864
- Source: ACWR 631
- Source: ACWR 699
- Source: ACWR 722
- Source: ACWR 723