Johnson's Brigade

On September 20, 1863, at 7 A.M., Johnson's Brigade of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's Corps, under Colonel John S. Fulton, included the 17th Tennessee under Lieutenant Colonel Watt W. Floyd, the 23d Tennessee under Colonel R. H. Keeble, the 25th Tennessee under Lieutenant Colonel R. B. Snowden, the 44th Tennessee under Major G. M. Crawford, and York's Georgia Battery under Lieutenant William S. Everett. In the morning formation for attack, Johnson's Brigade, with two regiments of Gregg's Brigade on the left, held the left of the front line of Johnson's Division on this crest. The rest of Gregg's Brigade was in its rear and McNair's Brigade was on its right. York's Battery was posted on Johnson's left between that brigade and the right of Hindman's Division. At 11:15 a.m. the brigade crossed the Lafayette Road about the Brotherton House and became engaged there with the 100th Illinois, which had advanced to that point as a picket force.

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