Honey Hill, SC
November 30, 1864
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Honey Hill, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
Savannah Campaign 
Maj. Gen. John Hatch
Col. Charles Colcock
A Union expeditionary force under
Maj. Gen. John P. Hatch left Hilton Head on
November 28th in transports up the Broad River to cut the Charleston & Savannah
Railroad near Pocotaligo.
disembarked at Boyd’s Landing and marched inland.
On November 30th, Hatch
encountered a Confederate force of regulars and militia under
Col. Charles J. Colcock at Honey Hill.
Determined attacks by U.S. Colored Troops
(including the 54th Massachusetts) failed to capture the Confederate
entrenchments or cut the railroad.
After dark Hatch's
forces withdrew to the transports at Boyd’s Neck.
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