This article is about the battle in Georgia. For the battle in Virginia, see Battle of Eltham's Landing.
Battle of West Point
Part of the American Civil War
Date
April 16, 1865
Location
West Point, Georgia
Result
Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)
CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Oscar Hugh La Grange
Robert C. Tyler †
Strength
Cavalry Brigade (3,750 men, 4 cannons)
120–265 men 3 cannons
Casualties and losses
7 killed 29 wounded
19 killed 28 wounded
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Wilson's Raid in Alabama and Georgia
Ebenezer Church
Selma
West Point
Columbus
Munford
The Battle of West Point, Georgia (April 16, 1865), formed part of the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia, known as Wilson's Raid, in the final full month of the American Civil War.
The rail junction of West Point was one of the two Chattahoochee River crossings, which General James H. Wilson planned to destroy after capturing Montgomery, Alabama. Dividing his army, he detailed Colonel Oscar Hugh La Grange to attack West Point, while he himself moved downriver to instigate the Battle of Columbus, to take that important Confederate manufacturing center.
West Point was fortified by the earthwork of Fort Tyler, commanded by Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert C. Tyler, for whom it was named. Union artillery and dismounted cavalry, armed with Spencer repeater-carbines, soon forced the garrison to surrender, Tyler being shot dead by a sniper, and becoming the last Confederate General killed. On hearing of the victory at Columbus, Union troops were free to burn the bridge and the railroad stock. It was one of the last battles of the war.
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