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About noon on September 20, 1863, Major General Thomas C. Hindman's Division of Polk's Corps, including Brigadier General Patton Anderson's Brigade, Brigadier Zach C. Deas' Brigade, and Brigadier Arthur M. Manigault's Brigade, advanced in pursuit of Davis' and Sheridan's troops. Anderson's and Deas' Brigades, along with the 10th and 19th South Carolina regiments of Manigault's Brigade, reached the crest west of this position soon after noon as the broken lines of the Union right wing continued to fall back toward McFarland's Gap. These Confederate forces then moved from their position on the crest to their right and rear and joined General Bushrod Johnson's Division at the Vittetoe house shortly before 3 p.m. The remainder of Manigault's Brigade, having moved forward from the vicinity of Viniard's, rejoined the Division on the Crawfish Springs road. In the advance to this position, Hindman's Division captured a large number of prisoners and guns, and General William M. Lytle, commanding the first Brigade of Sheridan's Division, was killed while rallying his troops.
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