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Coordinates: 33°57′34″N 85°34′32″W / 33.95944°N 85.57556°W / 33.95944; -85.57556
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Battle of Ladiga
Part of the American Civil War
DateOctober 28, 1864 (160 years ago) (1864-10-28)
Location
Near Ladiga, Alabama
33°57′34″N 85°34′32″W / 33.95944°N 85.57556°W / 33.95944; -85.57556
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
Confederate States United States (Union)
Commanders and leaders
Confederate States of America Samuel W. Ferguson United States Kenner Garrard
Units involved
Jackson's Cavalry Division Second Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi
Casualties and losses
3 dead and 1 wounded 6 dead and 11 wounded or missing
Ladiga is located in Alabama
Ladiga
Ladiga
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Location in Alabama

The Battle of Ladiga, also known as the Battle of Terrapin Creek, was fought on October 28, 1864, near Ladiga, Alabama, during the American Civil War.[1] The last of the fighting between the armies of generals John B. Hood and William T. Sherman,[2] it was here that Confederate Brigadier-General Samuel W. Ferguson turned back Brigadier-General Kenner Garrard's larger force.[3][4] The two armies fought all summer from Chattanooga to Atlanta, then west to Ladiga. To split the South, Sherman turned and led Federal forces in the Savannah Campaign. Hood withdrew to reoccupy Tennessee, fighting the battles of Franklin and Nashville.[2]

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  1. ^ Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Compiled and Arranged from Official Records of the Federal and Confederate Armies, Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers, and Other Reliable Documents and Sources. Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Company. p. 667. LCCN 09005239. OCLC 8697590. OL 57694990M. Retrieved April 18, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b Ladiga Cavalry Skirmish Historical Marker. Alabama Historical Association. 1956.
  3. ^ "Cavalry Fight at Ladiga, Ala". The Camden Daily Journal. Vol. I, no. 117. — Mobile Register, 2d. Camden, S. C. November 15, 1864. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "The Campaign in Georgia". Army and Navy Journal. Vol. II, no. 13. New York. November 19, 1864. p. 194. ISSN 0196-3597. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
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