Scott's Tennessee Battery

On September 19, 1863, C. Scott's Tennessee Battery, part of Smith's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, and Polk's Corps, crossed the Chickamauga at Dalton's Ford with its brigade about 8 o'clock a.m. and, after several halts, moved rapidly north in the brigade's rear before coming into action on this ground about 12:30 p.m. under heavy enemy musketry fire. Several privates were wounded while going into action. The battery, armed with two 6-pounders and two 12-pounder howitzers, opened fire on the enemy at short range with spherical case and canister with effect. The howitzer of the right section was disabled after two rounds when the cap-square broke. After about twenty minutes of firing, 1st Lieutenant John H. Marsh, commanding, was severely wounded and taken from the field, while 2d Lieutenant A. T. Watson also served with the battery. Under heavy enemy musketry and artillery fire, the battery continued firing for about thirty minutes more until the brigade retired under orders about half a mile. Its casualties were 2 privates killed, 3 severely wounded, and 10 slightly wounded, and it lost 14 horses and 1 set of artillery harness. The battery was not engaged on September 20.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States