The Devil’s outriders: a LiDAR and KOCOA investigation of the battle of Buckhead Creek, 1864

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Article

Publication Date

6-13-2024

Publication Title

Journal of Conflict Archaeology

DOI

10.1080/15740773.2024.2365175

Abstract

Funded by an American Battlefield Protection Program grant, LiDAR and KOCOA, guided a systematic metal detector survey to identify, and evaluate levels of preservation and battle pattern signatures from the Battle of Buckhead Creek, the largest American Civil War battle site in Southeast Georgia untouched by development. In November 1864, during Sherman’s March to the Sea, Confederate and Union cavalry forces waged a running battle across Jenkins and Burke County, Georgia. These actions were ephemeral events in an archaeological sense, in time-depth and their impact on the archaeological record. However, this paper demonstrates that the application of conflict archaeology methodologies can identify and evaluate these sites, despite their wide-ranging geographical context, short-time spans, and the impacts of illicit metal detecting on the battle site.

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Georgia Southern University faculty member, Ryan K. McNutt authored The Devil’s outriders: a LiDAR and KOCOA investigation of the battle of Buckhead Creek, 1864.

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