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Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Bate’s division consisted of Smith’s Tennessee-Georgia, Bullock’s Florida, and Jackson’s Georgia brigades. The division struck the main line west of Brown’s Division, with its right in the locust grove and its left at the Carter’s Creek Pike. It entered the fight with about 2,000 men and reported a loss of 47 killed, 253 wounded, and 19 missing, or 16 percent; however, statistical comparison shows a loss of 544 men, or 27 percent. The attack reached the main line of the Federal works, but failed to carry them.
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