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On September 20, 1863, at 12:30 P.M., Liddell's Brigade under Col. Daniel C. Govan, including the 2nd and 15th Arkansas under Lieut. Col. Rubin F. Harvey, the 5th and 13th Arkansas under Lieut. Col. John E. Murray, the 6th and 7th Arkansas under Lieut. Col. Peter Snyder, the 8th Arkansas and 1st Louisiana Regulars under Maj. A. Watkins, and Warren's Mississippi Light Artillery under Lieut. H. Shannon, moved from a glade about 1250 yards northeast of this point to assist Gist's Brigade in its assault on the Union left. Before it reached Gist's Brigade, Gist had already been repulsed. The left regiment of Liddell's struck the log works on the Union left and was repulsed, while the right continued pressing the Union line across the open field south of McDonnell's, crossed the Lafayette Road about 480 yards north of this point, continued its circular movement, and swung into the Union rear at this point at 12:30 P.M. Isolated, with its left enfiladed and overlapped, the brigade retired by the right flank westward and northward to the position from which it had advanced.
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