S. Beatty's Brigade

Brigadier General Samuel Beatty's Brigade of Van Cleve's Division in Crittenden's Corps included the 79th Indiana under Colonel Frederick Knefler, 9th Kentucky under Colonel George H. Cram, 17th Kentucky under Colonel Alexander M. Stoutt, 19th Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. Stratton, and the 26th Pennsylvania Battery under Captain Allison J. Stevens and Lieutenant S.M. McDowell. On the morning of September 20, 1863, at 9 o'clock, the brigade, positioned on the slope west of this point, was sent forward with Dick's Brigade on its left to the next ridge east, and from there both brigades were ordered forward to the main line. Upon reaching Brannan's position on the western edge of the Poe field, Beatty's Brigade was caught in the break there and run over by one of Brannan's; fragments of all its regiments were then rallied at Snodgrass Hill, where they fought until the close of the battle. Its strength in action on September 19 was 1384 officers and men, and its casualties over the two days were 16 killed, 254 wounded, and 61 missing, for a total of 331, a loss of 23.99 percent.

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