Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church

On December 2, 1864, Baird's 14th Corps division, screening Sherman's left wing, found Wheeler's Confederate cavalry holding Rocky Creek; Union troops attacked across the stream and forced the defenders back toward Waynesboro.

Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church is a historical marker in Waynesboro, Burke County. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Burke County, among 109 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0637, -82.0959 near Waynesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Applewhite Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Antioch Rock Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Bynes Grove Cemetery, and Quinnie Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.