Stoneman it was.............. and yes north of Macon. His command was doomed after being repelled at Macon. His raiders were even repelled at the Oconee/Clarke county line by a group of home guard. All but one company of the 1200 men who left to make a big circle around Atlanta were lost on this raid.
I attended an event Sunday where the author of "Sherman's Horsemen" spoke.
Yep another book to read now.
After I answered "the other side of the river" , I looked and saw that it was 7 miles north of Clinton at Sunshine Church. I wonder if Old Clinton BBQ was there back then.
I have been to the Sunshine Church and Clinton battle re-enactments they have at Clinton each year. From what is told, there was no reason the Federals should have been defeated and captured there. The author of the book mentioned above stated that General Stoneman was suffering from an acute attack of hemmoroids at this period of time. That has to be the worst ailment a cavalry solder could have.
Maybe he was drinking too much laudnum or something and made some bad decisions, who knows.
( by the way, this is my theory of all the blunders made by JB Hood )
In that day Clinton was one of the largest cities in Ga. It never recovered from the war. It is not even a town now, no stores, business, etc.