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  • Jul 22, 1864 · about 1–4 p.m.

Battle of Decatur

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What happened

Wheeler's cavalry, dismounted and deployed south of the Georgia Railroad, attacked Sprague's brigade guarding McPherson's wagon trains parked north of the square. Sprague and sections of the Chicago Board of Trade and Michigan batteries fell back through the courthouse square, where the fighting was hot, and then withdrew with the trains to the North Decatur road. Wheeler, ordered back to Hardee, did not pursue; Sprague later received the Medal of Honor for saving the trains.

Date
Jul 22, 1864
Time
about 1–4 p.m.
Units
CS Wheeler's cavalry (dismounted). US Sprague's brigade, XVI Corps (25th Wis., 35th N.J., 43rd & 63rd Ohio); sections of the Chicago Board of Trade and Michigan batteries