Cavalry Corps.

Under Brigadier General Robert B. Mitchell, with the 1st Division led by Colonel Edward M. McCook and the 2d Division by Brigadier General George Crook, the Cavalry Corps arrived in McLemore's Cove on September 17th, 1863, from the rear of LaFayette and the vicinity of Summerville and Alpine by way of Lookout Mountain and Dougherty's Gap, with McCook's Division in advance. Throughout the battle it actively defended the fords on the upper Chickamauga against Wheeler's cavalry and protected the right of the army. It occupied Crawfish Springs on the evening of September 19th and successfully held the enemy's cavalry back until 5 p.m. on September 20th, when Mitchell began to fall back through Chattanooga Valley after being joined there at noon by Post's Brigade of Davis' Division from Stevens' Gap, taking away all trains and all wounded from the hospital there who could be moved. During September 21st the corps stood in line of battle all day across Chattanooga Valley, north of McCullough's Mill and south of Rossville, frequently skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry. On the morning of September 22d, it withdrew to Chattanooga, with part of McCook's Division covering the rear and successfully resisting several sharp attacks.

Chickamauga, Georgia · United States