Battles of Tilton

American civil war battles

Battles of Tilton

Part of the American Civil War
| Date|

* May 13, 1864 (1864-05-13) (first)
* October 13, 1864 (1864-10-13) (second)

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Location|

Whitfield County, Georgia

Result|  Confederate victories
Belligerents
United States (Union)|  CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Second:
Simpson M. Archer[1][note 1]|  First:
Joseph Wheeler
Second
Alexander P. Stewart
Samuel Gibbs French
William M. Seldon[3][note 2]
Units involved
First:
2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment
4th Indiana Cavalry Regiment
18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
2nd Michigan Cavalry Regiment
1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
1st Wisconsin Cavalry
Second:
17th Iowa Infantry Regiment[5]|  First:
Wheeler's Calvalry
Second:
French’s Division of Stewart’s Corps, Confederate Army of Tennessee
Seldon's Battery
Strength
Second:
Near 300|  Unknown
Casualties and losses
Second:
244 captured|  Unknown

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Atlanta Campaign

* Rocky Face Ridge
* Resaca
* First Tilton
* Rome Cross Roads
* Adairsville
* Cassville
* New Hope Church
* Pickett's Mill
* Dallas
* Gilgal Church
* Kolb's Farm
* Kennesaw Mountain
* Marietta
* Noonday Creek
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* Opelika
* Peachtree Creek
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* Brown's Mill
* Utoy Creek
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* Lovejoy's Station
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Franklin–Nashville
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* Allatoona
* Second Tilton
* Decatur
* Ladiga
* Johnsonville
* Columbia
* Spring Hill
* Franklin
* 3rd Murfreesboro
* Nashville
* Anthony's Hill
* Egypt Station

The Battles of Tilton were two one-day skirmishes in the American Civil War. The first of which was during the Atlanta Campaign, the second was during Hood's Tennessee Campaign. The battles were fought in Tilton, Georgia, in Whitfield County, located a few miles south of Dalton, Georgia, near the Conasauga River.[6]

The First Battle of Tilton was a skirmish on May 13, 1864. The Confederate side was led by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler.

The Second Battle of Tilton occurred on October 13, 1864, when soldiers of Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French's Division of Lt. Gen. Stewart's Corps of the Confederate Army of Tennessee besieged a military garrison of 300 soldiers of the 17th Iowa Infantry Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. Simpson M. Archer.[7][8] The blockhouse had been constructed a few months prior to the battle, to guard the Western and Atlantic Railroad.[9] Commanded by Archer, the 17th Iowa Regiment barricaded themselves in the blockhouse and surrendered upon exhausting their ammunition supply.

A future member of the Iowa General Assembly, Pvt. William Graham Buck, was among those captured at the battle.[10] Union prisoners captured at the battle were sent to Camp Lawton[11] or Camp Sumter in Andersonville.[10]

## Notes

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1. ^ aka Sampson, Samson or Samuel[2] M. Archer
2. ^ also recorded as Selden[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Simpson M. Archer". Civil War Soldiers. National Park Service.
2. ^ "The Tilton Twerk–Paddle Georgia 2016" (PDF). Georgia River Network.
3. ^ "William M. Seldon". Civil War Soldiers. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 23, 2025.
4. ^ "William M. Selden". Civil War Soldiers. National Park Service.
5. ^ "Georgia Battles from Dyer's Compendium". The Civil War. National Park Service. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
6. ^ Lewis, Eulalie M. (December 1958). "Tilton: Life in a Small Town". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 42 (4): 430. JSTOR 40578030.
7. ^ "Battles of Tilton". The Historical Markers Database. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
8. ^ "Battles of Tilton". Georgia Historical Society. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
9. ^ Jenkins, Robert (January 17, 2015). "Civil War anniversary: Capture of the Tilton Block House". Dalton Daily Citizen. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
10. ^ a b "William Graham Buck". Iowa State Legislature.
11. ^ "Movement of Prisoners to Savannah". Library of Congress. The New York Herald. November 20, 1864.

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* Civil War anniversary: Capture of the Tilton Block House

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