Baldwin's Brigade

On September 20, 1863, Baldwin's Brigade of Johnson's Division in McCook's Corps, including the 6th Indiana, 5th Kentucky, 1st Ohio, 93d Ohio, and Indiana Light Artillery, 5th Battery, formed on this ground early Sunday morning in two lines and constructed log works. The 6th Indiana held the right and the 93d Ohio the left of the first line, while the 5th Kentucky held the right and the 1st Ohio the left of the second line, with the battery on the brigade's left. When Breckinridge's troops appeared in the Kelly field, the 5th Kentucky charged their left flank and helped repulse them. The brigade fought heavily during the forenoon and at intervals during the afternoon until it was ordered to withdraw about 5:30 during a general attack along the lines, after which it crossed to the woods west of the Kelly field and proceeded with the army to Rossville. Its losses on September 19 and 20 were 57 killed, 385 wounded, and 126 captured or missing, for a total of 568.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States