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On September 20, 1863, Brigadier General John C. Starkweather's Brigade of Baird's Division, Thomas' Corps, formed on this ground at 3 a.m. in two lines, with two guns in the center of each line and two on the left of the front line in the salient, all protected by logs. Scribner's Brigade was on its left, and Dodge's Brigade of Johnson's Division on its right, though the latter was early sent to the left of General Baird's line. From about 10 until 1 o'clock, severe fighting raged on its front, and every advance of the Confederate line suffered heavily from the enfilading fire of the two guns in the salient. The brigade held its lines until ordered to withdraw some time before sundown, when it was heavily attacked and suffered much loss while crossing the Kelly field. After reaching the forest west of the Lafayette Road, it proceeded with the army to Rossville. Its losses in the battle were 65 killed, 285 wounded, and 256 captured or missing, for a total of 606.
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