Bate's Brigade

Under Brigadier General William B. Bate in Stewart's Division of Buckner's Corps, Bate's Brigade, including the 58th Alabama, 37th Georgia, 4th Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, 15th Tennessee, 37th Tennessee, 20th Tennessee, and the Eufaula Battery, relieved Brown's brigade on this ground at about 3:30 p.m. on September 19, 1863. It first encountered Grose's Brigade and then struck portions of Edward King's Brigade, and after severe fighting pushed them back through the Poe Field. The left of the brigade crossed the Lafayette Road and forced troops extended by Reynolds upon his left out of their line, capturing a battery of three guns. This portion of Bate's troops was soon withdrawn because Brannan's Division appeared in rear of Reynolds. The three right regiments of the brigade, swinging somewhat farther to the north, entered the Poe Field and encountered fire from twenty guns supported by troops rallied from Grose's and King's brigades, where they were checked and turned back with heavy losses.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States