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On September 20, 1863, Brigadier General John M. Brannan's division of Thomas' Corps held a position between Reynold's and Negley's divisions after Croxton's and Connell's brigades were brought forward before daylight from their bivouac west of Dyer's house and placed in line west of Poe's house. Early that morning, Van Derveer's brigade was placed in reserve on the east edge of the Dyer field, and about 10 o'clock it was sent toward Baird, where it struck Breckinridge's division marching south through the Kelly field on the Lafayette road and helped repulse it. At 11:30 a.m., Hood's division of Longstreet's column attacked Brannan's line on the right and in the rear, drove it from the field, and parts of Connell's and Croxton's brigades rallied on Snodgrass Hill.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
