Walthall's Brigade

Brigadier General Edward Cary Walthall's Brigade of Liddell's Division, Walker's Corps, advanced about 10:30 A.M. on September 19, 1863, from Alexander's Bridge and Viniard Road as the right of Liddell's Division to relieve Walker's Division, which was engaged with portions of Brannan's and Baird's Union divisions. The brigade struck the left of Scribner's Brigade of Baird's Division and, after brief resistance, pushed on to the next crest to the north, then occupied in part by King's Brigade of Baird's Division. Taking a portion of King's Brigade in flank and capturing its battery, N, 5th U.S., and many prisoners, it pressed on after King's retiring brigade but was checked by VanDerveer's Brigade of Brannan's Division. The regular battery was almost immediately recaptured by the 9th Ohio of Van Deriver's Brigade. At the same time, Croxton's Brigade appeared on the left flank of Liddell's Brigade, and both Walthall and Liddell were hastily withdrawn by their right flank and reformed in rear of Cheatham's line as it arrived.

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