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On Sept. 19, 1863, at 3:30 p.m., Johnson's Brigade of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's Corps, under Col. John S. Fulton, held its second position with the 17th Tennessee, 23d Tennessee, 25th Tennessee, 44th Tennessee, another 44th Tennessee unit, and York's Georgia Battery. Soon after 3 p.m. the brigade crossed the Lafayette Road and, swinging north, attacked the right flank of VanCleve's division as it rallied on the ridge south of the Brotherton house and west of the road, forcing it to retire and abandon two guns. While the brigade was engaged there, two regiments of Hacker's Union brigade came up the Lafayette Road from Viniard's, reached the immediate rear of Johnson's Brigade, and opened fire, causing Johnson's line to withdraw hastily to the forest east of the road.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
