(Nov. 20th - Nov 26th, 1864)
Monday - Nov. 21, 1864
William Hardee orders militia from Macon under the command of P. J. Phillips to advance to Augusta to assist in defending the arsonal there.
Two thirds of the homes in Clinton destroyed.
Griswoldville destroyed
Tuesday - Nov. 22, 1864
Battle of Griswoldville. General P. J. Phillips advances into the Right Wing of Sherman's Army and attacks the battle-hardened veterans with militia, mostly old men and boys.
Camp Lawton Prison evacuated
Wednesday - Nov. 23, 1864
The main body of Union troops arrive in Milledgeville early in the morning, having spent the previous night on the outskirts to the north of the state capital.
Thursday - Nov. 24, 1864 -
Thanksgiving Day
A Very Bleak Thanksgiving
The Georgia Military Institute Cadets at the Oconee River
Friday - Nov. 25, 1864
Sandersville, GA - Confederate Cavalry under "Fighting Joe" Wheeler attack a Union Cavalry detachment in Sandersville (Washington County).
Warehouses and Tennille railroad depot (Washington County) burned. By orders of General Sherman, any town where his troops faced hostility was subject to enforced devastation. Federal troops were ordered to burn buildings in the town and forage the area.
Saturday - Nov. 26, 1864
Sherman's troops stymied at the Oconee River.
Battle of Ball's Ferry
Washington County Courthouse burned by Union soldiers.
Atlanta reoccupied by Confederate forces
Other Events This Week
Buckskull AR Nov. 20. 1864
Jackson LA Nov. 21, 1864
Liberty LA Nov. 21, 1864
Lawrenceburg TN Nov. 22, 1864
Rolling Fork MS Nov. 22, 1864
Rude's Hill VA Nov. 22, 1864
Fouche Springs TN Nov. 23, 1864
Henryville TN Nov. 23, 1864
Mount Pleasant TN Nov. 23, 1864
Bent's Old Fork TX Nov. 24, 1864
Lynnville TN Nov. 24, 1864
Prince George Court House VA Nov. 24, 1864
Columbia TN Nov. 24-28, 1864
Adobe Fort NM Nov. 25, 1864
Raccourci LA Nov. 25, 1864
Madison Station AL Nov. 26, 1864
