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On the morning of September 20, 1863, the Reserve Corps under Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger was near McAfee's church, 2 1/4 miles northeast of this point. About noon, Granger judged from the firing that Gen. Thomas was hard pressed and hurried with Steedman's Division to assist him, guided by the sound of the guns and acting without orders. As he passed this point at 1 o'clock, Forrest's Cavalry attacked his flank but did not delay him. He deployed Whitaker's Brigade on the high ground west of this road and drove the cavalry away from the Union hospital at Cloud Spring. He then sent back for McCook's Brigade, posted it on the next crest south of Cloud's and west of McDonald's, and rapidly pressed on with the rest of his command to the vicinity of the Snodgrass House, where he reported to Gen. Thomas.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
