Second Battle of Fort McAllister

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The Second Battle of Fort McAllister was a late-1864 American Civil War engagement in Georgia in which Union forces captured a Confederate coastal fortification, helping secure General William T. Sherman’s supply line at the end of his March to the Sea.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assault on Fort McAllister (1864) ⓘ
attackedBy Union infantry assault ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Savannah Campaign ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander George A. Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ
William B. Hazen ⓘ
William W. Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date December 13, 1864 ⓘ
defendedBy Confederate garrison of Fort McAllister ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Savannah ⓘ
fortificationType coastal fortification ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
involves Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida forces ⓘ
Union Army of the Tennessee elements ⓘ
location Bryan County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort McAllister ⓘ
near Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
objective capture Fort McAllister ⓘ
establish contact with Union naval forces ⓘ
open Union supply line to the sea ⓘ
opposingForceStrength Union division under Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen ⓘ
small Confederate garrison ⓘ
overseenBy William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
partOf Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
precededBy March to the Sea ⓘ
primaryTarget Fort McAllister (Confederate earthwork fort) ⓘ
linked to: Fort McAllister
relatedEvent First Battle of Fort McAllister ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicSignificance allowed Union forces to link with U.S. Navy on the Atlantic coast ⓘ
secured Union supply line at the end of Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union forces overran Confederate defenses ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod late 1864 ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Civil War in Florida → hasKeyEvent → Second Battle of Fort McAllister ⓘ
Confederate coastal defenses → notableEvent → Union attacks on Fort McAllister 1862–1863 ⓘ
linked to: Second Battle of Fort McAllister
Second Battle of Fort McAllister → alsoKnownAs → Assault on Fort McAllister (1864) ⓘ
linked to: Second Battle of Fort McAllister