Gregg's Brigade

On September 20, 1863, at 11:30 a.m. in its 2d position, Gregg's Brigade of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's (Hood's) Corps, under Colonel Cyrus A. Sugg, included the 3d Tennessee under Colonel Calvin H. Walker, the 10th Tennessee under Colonel William Grace, the 30th Tennessee under Lieutenant Colonel James J. Turner and Captain charles S. Douglas, the 50th Tennessee under Major Christopher W. Robertson and Colonel Calvin Walker, the 1st Tennessee Battalion under Major Christopher W. Robertson, the 7th Texas under Major K. M. VanZandt, and Bledsoe's (Missouri) Battery under Lieutenant R. L. Wood. The brigade was formed in part on the left of the division, while the remainder, consisting of the first four regiments, was placed in a second line in rear as a reserve. It advanced at 11:10 a.m. from the first crest east of the LaFayette road and held this line under heavy skirmish fire. In its advance toward the Dyer field, it suffered greatly from the fire of a heavy enemy force strongly posted to its right behind barricades of rails and fallen timber. The reserve moved to the front, and the brigade dislodged this force, but with heavy loss. After reaching the Dyer field, the brigade changed direction to the right and helped capture seventeen guns on the crest northwest of Dyer's. It then took part in the assault on Snodgrass Hill from the vicinity of Vittetoe's.

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