2,000[1] With additional reinforcements from Charleston[2]
Casualties and losses
43 killed 294 wounded 3 missing[3][4][5]
21 killed 124 wounded 18 missing[3][4][5]
The Second Battle of Pocotaligo, or Battle of Pocotaligo Bridge, or Battle of Yemassee, often referred to as simply the Battle of Pocotaligo, took place during the American Civil War on October 22, 1862 near Yemassee, South Carolina.[6][7]
The primary Union objective was to sever the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in order to isolate Charleston, South Carolina and disrupt the transportation of Confederate troops and supplies to, from and through the state.
^ abSmith, Steven; Christopher Ohm Clement; Stephen R. Wise (June 2003). "GPS, GIS and the Civil War Battlefield Landscape: A South Carolina Low Country Example". Historical Archaeology. 37 (3): 14–30. doi:10.1007/BF03376608. ISSN 0440-9213. JSTOR 25617077. S2CID 159523706.
^"The War News". American Volunteer. 6 November 1862. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ ab"Battle of Pocotaligo". Colonel Charles Jones Colcock Camp #2100, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ abEvans, Clement A., ed. Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History. Volume: 5. Capers, Ellison; South Carolina. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. OCLC 833588. Retrieved January 20, 2011. p. 106.
^ abEmerson, W. Eric. Sons of Privilege: The Charleston Light Dragoons in the Civil War. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-57003-592-0. Retrieved October 23, 2012. p. 50.
^New Hampshire. Adjutant-General's Office (1865). Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New Hampshire. John B. Clarke, State Printer. p. 793. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^The Land We Love. Jas. P. Irwin & D.H. Hill. 1868. p. 455. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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