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On September 19, 1863, at 7 A.M., Colonel John G. Mitchell's Brigade of Steedman's Division in Granger's Corps, including the 78th Illinois under Lieutenant Colonel Carter Van Vleck, the 98th Ohio under Captain Moses J. Urquhart, the 113th Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Darius B. Warner, the 121st Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Henry B. Banning, and the 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery M, under Lieutenant Thomas Burton, had marched on the evening of the 18th from Rossville to support Colonel Daniel McCook's Brigade, which had taken position on the right of the road facing south in front of this ground; Mitchell's Brigade arrived during the night and formed in that position, and on the morning of the 19th, after some skirmishing with Forrest's Cavalry, it was ordered to return to Rossville.
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