Battle of McLeod's Mill

This was a small fight inside a larger gamble. In late November 1864 General John Davidson rode out of Baton Rouge with cavalry to threaten Mobile and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, partly to tie Confederates down there while Sherman marched across Georgia. His column took Columbia, Mississippi, then reached Augusta and found Mobile newspapers describing his strength and route. He split his command and sent a detachment north through Leakesville to cut telegraph lines and a bridge near State Line. At McLeod's Mill that detachment met superior numbers and turned back.

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