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On June 27, 1864, at 8 A.M., five Army of the Cumberland brigades assaulted Confederates of Hardee’s Corps posted on the wooded ridge across the valley to the east. From left to right, these U.S. forces were Kimball’s, Wagner’s, and Harker’s brigades of Newton’s division, 4th A.C., and McCook’s and Mitchell’s brigades of Davis’ division, 14th A.C. Kimball and Wagner struck Cleburne’s left, while Harker, McCook, and Mitchell centered on the salient angle at the right of Cheatham’s division. The attacks were made in parallel regimental columns, but these assaults, together with similar ones made at the same time by three brigades at Kennesaw Mountain 2.5 miles north, failed to break Johnston’s line.
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