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On the morning of Nov. 25, 1863, Philip H. Sheridan's division of Granger's Corps advanced its line to the right of and in prolongation of Wood's Division of Granger's Corps at Orchard's Knob. George D. Wagner's brigade held the left next to Wood, Charles G. Harker's held the right, each in two lines, while Francis T. Sherman's brigade held the division's right in three lines of three regiments each, with its left resting on the Moore Road, now Montgomery Avenue. At 3:15 in the afternoon, the division moved forward in the Army of the Cumberland's general assault on the ridge, carried the earthworks at its base, and halted there under orders, then almost immediately began ascending the slope under further orders from Granger. The division's center reached the crest at Bragg's Headquarters despite very persistent opposition from Breckinridge's Division under W.B. Bate, and it continued pressing the retreating enemy toward Chickamauga Station until dark.
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