Battle of Griswoldville

The Battle of Griswoldville was the first battle of Sherman's March to the Sea, fought November 22, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Union Army brigade under Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt fought three brigades of Georgia militia under Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Philips, at Griswoldville (an industrial town), near Macon, Georgia, and continued its march toward Savannah.

Battle of Griswoldville
Part of the Sherman's March to the Sea of the American Civil War
DateNovember 22, 1864
Location
Griswoldville, Georgia in Jones County, Georgia
32°52′10″N 83°27′36″W
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union) Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Charles C. Walcutt
Charles R. Woods		 Joseph Wheeler
Pleasant J. Philips
Strength
3,000 2,300
Casualties and losses
94 total,
13 dead,
79 wounded,
2 captured

1,123 total,
51 dead,
472 wounded
600 captured

The Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, GA, December 6, 1864) reported a loss of 614 killed, wounded and missing.
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