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At Liberty Gap, Patrick R. Cleburne's Division, including Liddell's Brigade, Wood's Brigade, and Churchill's Brigade, and supported by Warren's Light Artillery and Marks Artillery Battery, held McCook's 20th Corps at the gap for three days with Cleburne's forces and the skill of his sharpshooters using Whitworth rifles until General Bragg ordered a withdrawal to Tullahoma on June 27, 1863. The account presents Cleburne's Division as consistently distinguished in battle from Shiloh to Franklin, identifies its blue flag with a white circle as feared across battle lines, and recalls later praise from William J. Hardee and Robert E. Lee after Cleburne's death at Franklin.
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Wartrace, Tennessee · United States
