The local SCV camp has identified the remains of 18 of 24 Confederate soldiers buried at LaFayette, Georgia's city cemetery after a lot of hard work and research. All 24 were killed at the Battle of LaFayette.
Nearly 300,000 soldiers from both sides remain unknown in their graves.
The Battle of LaFayette was a part of Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and took place June 24, 1864, when 1600 Confederate cavalry under general Gideon Pillow attacked 450 Union Kentucky cavalry encamped around the town's court house. Pillows men were tasked with destroying railroad bridges and disrupting Sherman's supply line.
The Confederates were winning until Union reinforcements arrived and drove them off.
Union forces had 4 killed, 7 wounded and 53 captured. Confederates had 24 killed, 53 wounded and 78 captured.
Never Heard of It. --Old B-Runner
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