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On September 20, 1863, at 7 a.m., McNair's Brigade of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's Corps included the 1st Arkansas Rifles, dismounted, under Colonel Robert W. Harper; the 2d Arkansas Rifles, dismounted, under Colonel J. A. Williamson; the 25th Arkansas under Lieutenant Colonel Eli Hufstedler; the consolidated 4th and 31st Arkansas and 4th Arkansas Battalion under Major J. A. Ross; the 39th North Carolina under Colonel David Coleman; and Culpeper's South Carolina Battery under Captain J. F. Culpeper. Brigadier General Evander McNair and Colonel David Coleman are named with the brigade. On the morning of September 20th, the brigade formed the right of the front line of Johnson's Division, then moved with the line in the general advance at 11:10 a.m. and crossed the Lafayette Road a short distance north of the Brotherton house.
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