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Battle of Buck Head Creek (November 28, 1864), US Civil War

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Brig. General Felix Huston Robertson, (CSA) (1839 - 1928)
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Joseph "Fightin' Joe" M. Wheeler, III, Gen. (CSA & USA, post Civil War) (1836 - 1906)
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Major General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, (USA) (1836 - 1881)
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The Battle of Buck Head Creek (also known as Battle of Reynolds' Plantation) was the second battle of Sherman's March to the Sea, fought November 28, 1864, during the American Civil War. Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick repulsed an attack by the small Confederate cavalry corps under Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, but abandoned its attempt to destroy railroads and rescue Union prisoners of war.