“H” is for Honey Hill, Battle of (November 30, 1864)

“H” is for Honey Hill, Battle of (November 30, 1864). The Battle of Honey Hill was the first in a series of engagements fought at the headwaters of the Broad rRver along the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in November and December 1864. On November 29, 1864, a six-thousand-man division of United States Army troops was transported up the Broad River and disembarked at Boyd's landing for an attack against the railroad junction at Gopher Hill. The Confederates fixed fortifications and blocked the road to the junction at a place called Honey Hill. The next day Union troops made attempts to force their way through the Confederate lines.  With the arrival of Confederate reinforcements, the Union troops withdrew. The Battle of Honey Hill resulted in 746 Union casualties and, though unreported, the Confederates suffered at least one hundred casualties.