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On July 22, 1864, Gen. John Fuller's only brigade, Morrill's, held in reserve near Leggett's Hill, was deployed southeast of here to meet the advance of Walker's division up Sugar Creek valley. While it was engaged there, Cleburne's two brigades, Govan's and Smith's, having penetrated the rear of the Federal line on Flat Shoals Road, assailed the right flank of Morrill's four regiments, forcing repeated changes of front and then a complete withdrawal to a line extending eastward from Leggett's Hill. During this action, the 64th Illinois regiment drove back Cleburne's troops long enough to remove McPherson's body from the forest where he fell.
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