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On Nov. 28, 1864, the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman’s army [US]—the 14th and 20th Corps, except Morgan’s and Baird’s divisions of the 14th Corps, which had marched via Fenn’s Bridge 10 mi. NW, and Jackson’s and Geary’s divisions of the 20th Corps, which were destroying the railroad east from Davisboro—moved from Davisboro to Louisville on this road. At this point, the advance guard found that eight bridges over the Ogeechee River and its tributaries had been burned by Wheeler’s Cavalry [CS]. Pioneers and pontoniers of the 58th Indiana Infantry bridged the river with pontoons and built a corduroy road through the swamp, allowing the column to pass the burned bridges.
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