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As Sherman’s right wing, about 28,000 men under Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, advanced up the south side of the Salkehatchie, Gen. Lafayette McLaws’ Confederate division marched into position on the river’s north side. Howard was to capture the Salkehatchie crossings, link up with the Union left wing, and cut the railroad from Augusta to Charleston. The combined force was then to move on its ultimate objective, Columbia. McLaws, with about 6,000 men, was to hold the crossing.
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