Battle of Tulifinny

Battle of Tulifinny
Part of Sherman's March to the Sea
A mural of the battle by David Humphreys Miller
Date December 6–9, 1864 Location Jasper County, South Carolina 32°40′23″N 80°52′44″W / 32.673°N 80.879°W / 32.673; -80.879 Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
Confederate States	United States
Commanders and leaders
Samuel Jones	John G. Foster John A. Dahlgren George H. Preble
Strength
~900	~5,000

The Battle of Tulifinny was a military engagement of the American Civil War that was fought from December 6–9, 1864 in Jasper County, South Carolina during Sherman's March to the Sea. Outnumbered five-to-one, a Confederate force led by Major-General Samuel Jones, consisting in part of the entire cadet corps of the South Carolina Military Academy, successfully defended a strategically important section of the Charleston and Savannah Railway from attacks by Union forces. The engagement was one of the rare occasions when the United States Marine Corps fought in combat during the conflict and was also the only occasion that the entire student body of a U.S. college fought in combat.