Gracie’s Brigade

Brig. Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.'s brigade of Preston's Division in Buckner's Corps, including the 43d Alabama, 1st Alabama Battalion, 2D Alabama Battalion, 3D Alabama Battalion, 4th Alabama Battalion, 63 Tennessee, and Jeffress' Virginia Battery, formed early on the morning of Sept. 19 on this crest at the left of the general line of battle being organized for an attack on the enemy's left at Lee and Gordon's. The brigade was immediately exposed to artillery fire from the Union front, and when the battle opened unexpectedly to the right and rear, it was left in this position and remained there until noon Sept. 20, when it moved to the Brotherton's house, where the division formed line across the Chattanooga Road facing north.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States