On Nov. 17, 1864, Kilpatrick’s cavalry division [US], covering the right flank of Gen. Sherman’s army on its March to the Sea, moved from Bear Creek Station (Hampton), 31 mi. northwest, down the north bank of Towaliga River to threaten Griffin and Forsyth. This threat caused the Towaliga bridges to be burned by Wheeler’s cavalry [CS] to protect those towns and the large Confederate hospital centers there. A skirmish at this bridge marked the most southerly point west of Ocmulgee River reached by Union forces during this campaign.