Breckinridge's Division

In Hill's Corps, Major General John C. Breckinridge's Division fought here on September 20th, 1863, at 11 a.m. Adams' and Stovall's Brigades, advancing from the north with the LaFayette Road between them, Adams on the west and Stovall on the east, had penetrated to this point. The left of Helm's Brigade had been shattered by three unsuccessful assaults on the lines north and east of Kelly Field. The right of Helm's Brigade forced itself into a gap in John Beatty's Brigade, pushed part of it back to the LaFayette Road, and captured two of its guns before being repulsed. Beatty, with portions of his force, first strongly resisted and then, with help from Stanley's Brigade of Negley's Division, checked Adams' Brigade, while General Adams was wounded and captured. At this point VanDerveer's Brigade of Brannan's Division, on its way to assist Baird, emerged from the woods on the west side of the road, wheeled into the face of Stovall's Brigade, charged it, and drove it back to a point 100 yards north of Kelly Field. From this line, assisted by the Brigades of Grose, Dodge, parts of Willich, and Berry, detached from the Divisions of Palmer and Johnson, the Union forces pushed Breckinridge's Division beyond the Union left. It was then further withdrawn, and its place was taken by Gist's and Liddell's Divisions of Walker's Corps. Late in the afternoon Breckinridge's troops advanced again, took part in the last attack of the Confederate right wing, heavily assaulted Baird's position, followed that division to the LaFayette Road, and bivouacked in this portion of Kelly Field.

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