Battle of Griswoldville

Battle of Griswoldville
Part of the Sherman's March to the Sea of the American Civil War
Date November 22, 1864 Location Griswoldville, Georgia in Jones County, Georgia 32°52′10″N 83°27′36″W / 32.869500°N 83.460023°W / 32.869500; -83.460023 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 [1]	2,300[1]
Casualties and losses
94 total, 13 dead, 79 wounded, 2 captured[1]	1,123 total, 51 dead, 472 wounded[1] 600 captured[1] The Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta, GA, December 6, 1864) reported a loss of 614 killed, wounded and missing.

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.