Battle of Honey Hill

Battle of Honey Hill
Part of the American Civil War
Date November 30, 1864 (1864-11-30) Location Jasper County, South Carolina (then part of Beaufort County) Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John P. Hatch	G. W. Smith Charles J. Colcock[1]
Units involved
Coastal Division, Department of the South South Atlantic Blockading Squadron	Georgia Militia Department of Georgia [2]
Strength
5,000	1,400
Casualties and losses
755 total 88 killed, 623 wounded 44 captured	50 total 8 killed 42 wounded

The Battle of Honey Hill was the third battle of Sherman's March to the Sea, fought November 30, 1864, during the American Civil War. It did not involve Major General William T. Sherman's main force, marching from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, but was a failed Union Army expedition under Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch that attempted to cut off the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in support of Sherman's projected arrival in Savannah.