Left Wing - Army of Tennessee

Under Lieutenant General James Longstreet, the Left Wing of the Army of Tennessee fought on September 20, 1863, with divisions commanded by Major General Alexander P. Stewart, Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson, Brigadier General E. Mcl. Law, Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw, Major General Thomas C. Hindman, and Brigadier General William Preston. Stewart's Division attacked at 11 o'clock and, after terrific fighting and an advance of one part of its line beyond the Chattanooga Road, was forced to retire to its original line. Johnson's Division, followed by Law and Kershaw, moved through the gap created by the withdrawal of Wood's Division from the Union line at Brotherton's; Johnson crossed the Dyer fields and assaulted Snodgrass Hill near Vittetoe's, Law pushed north through the woods east of the Dyer field and was repulsed near its northern boundary, and Kershaw, following Law, passed over Law's shattered lines and assaulted Snodgrass Hill. Hindman, after pursuing Sheridan's and Davis' Divisions to the high ground west of the Crawfish Springs Road and north of Widow Glenn's, joined Johnson's troops near Vittetoe's. Preston moved up from the vicinity of Hall's Ford to the Brotherton house and, after marching from there at 4 p.m., assaulted Snodgrass Hill at 4:30 on Kershaw's left. At sundown Stewart moved over the works previously held by Reynolds, captured prisoners, and bivouacked near the Kelly house. Kershaw's, Johnson's, and Hindman's Divisions continued unsuccessful assaults on Snodgrass Hill until sundown. At six o'clock, Steedman's Division, forming the right of the Union line on Snodgrass Hill, withdrew under orders to the next ridge in rear, and Longstreet's troops followed and at dusk occupied part of Snodgrass Hill that Steedman had left and the ravine to its north.

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