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On Sept. 19, 1863, at 8 A.M., Stewart’s Division of Buckner’s Corps, commanded by Major General Alexander P. Stewart and including the brigades of Brigadier Generals John C. Brown, William B. Bate, and Henry D. Clayton, continued operations after Clayton’s brigade had crossed the Chickamauga at Tredford’s Ford soon after nightfall on September 18th and the remaining brigades had followed early on the 19th. The division moved westward in column of brigades and formed with Clayton’s brigade in front on the left of the front line of Bushrod Johnson’s division at this point. The Eufaula battery was advanced and opened fire upon General Crittenden’s front toward Lee and Gordon’s mill, drawing an immediate response that caused some loss. At noon the division was ordered to the right to support Cheatham, then heavily engaged with Johnson’s division of McCook’s Corps and Palmer’s of Crittenton’s Corps, and moved rapidly in that direction. Gracie’s and Kelly’s brigades of Preston’s division were then advanced to the line on which the Eufaula battery had been posted, near the observation tower.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
