Battle of Ladiga

DateOctober 28, 1864 (161 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

Battle of Ladiga
Part of the American Civil War
Date October 28, 1864 (161 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
Samuel W. Ferguson	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 class=notpageimage| Location within 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]