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The 5th Indiana Battery, commanded by Captain Peter Simonson and assigned to the Third Brigade under Baldwin, Second Division under Johnson, Twentieth Corps under McCook, went into position at one p.m. on Saturday, September 19th, 1863, and was actively engaged with its brigade in Reed Field near the place where Colonel Baldwin was killed, losing one gun. On Sunday morning, September 20th, the battery was ordered to this position and remained here hotly engaged at intervals during the day. A second gun was disabled and lost. During the two days battle, the battery fired over 1,200 rounds of ammunition.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
