Description One of the few Confederate battlefield victories in the dark days of 1865 occurred at Aiken, South Carolina, on February 11, 1865.
Judson Kilpatrick head off in the direction of Augusta, Georgia to confuse the Confederates of his true target, Columbia, the capital of S.
Gen.
Sherman intended that his cavalry commander, Maj.
Sherman had intended to by-pass the small resort town.
William T.
Gen.
Aiken itself had little strategic significance to either side
Union Maj.
Description One of the few Confederate battlefield victories in the dark days of 1865 occurred at Aiken, South Carolina, on February 11, 1865