On the night of Nov. 21, 1864, the headquarters and Hazen’s division of the 15th Corps of General Sherman’s army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15 on its destructive March to the Sea, camped at the crossing of the Macon-Milledgeville and Clinton-Irwinton roads. Wood’s division camped at the railroad, 3 1/2 miles south. The next morning, Hazen moved past Woods toward Irwinton. Walcutt’s brigade of Woods’ division, on the extreme right, was attacked near Griswoldville, 4 miles south, by a division of Georgia Militia. Walcutt was wounded, and both forces suffered severe casualties.