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The Battle of Columbus, Georgia (April 16, 1865), was the last conflict in the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia, known as Wilson's Raid, in the final full month of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson had been ordered to destroy the city of Columbus as a major Confederate manufacturing center.
In a separate battle on Easter Sunday, April 16, Wilson was victorious in the Battle of Columbus, Georgia, in which Upton's division clashed with Confederate forces at Columbus, capturing the city and its naval works and burning, then scuttling the incomplete ironclad ram, CSS Jackson. This engagement is regarded as the "Last Battle of the ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Columbus, Georgia, US. ... 1865 - April 16: Battle of Columbus; Union forces win. [1] [2] 1867 ...
Battle of Chickamauga; Battle of Columbus (1865) D. ... Georgia; Battle of West Point This page was last edited on 9 November 2019, at 22:27 (UTC). ...
On April 16, 1865, in response to Wilson's Raid through Alabama, militia forces under the command of Brigadier General Robert C. Tyler engaged U.S. soldiers at the Battle of West Point. The desperate Battle of Columbus (1865), fought the same day, would prove to be one of the last battles of the American Civil War east of the Mississippi River.
Columbus, Georgia, 1865: The Last True Battle of the Civil War, Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine by Charles A. Misulia, 2010, University of Alabama Press;
Pages in category "History of Columbus, Georgia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Battle of Columbus (1865) F. Felix Hall; W. Wilson's Raid
This is a list of the battles in the history of the country of Georgia. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of the battles following this legend: Georgian victory