Battle of Buck Head Creek
The Battle of Buck Head Creek (also known as Buckhead Creek and Reynolds' Plantation) was the second battle of Sherman's March to the Sea, fought November 28, 1864, during the American Civil War. Union Army cavalry under Brig. Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick repulsed an attack by the small Confederate cavalry corps under Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, but abandoned its attempt to destroy railroads and rescue Union prisoners of war.
| Battle of Buck Head Creek | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
Historical marker | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States (Union) | Confederate States (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hugh Judson Kilpatrick | Joseph Wheeler | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 3rd Cavalry Division, Military Division of the Mississippi | Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 46 | 70 (Wheeler's report); 600 (Kilpatrick's report) | ||||||
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