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On September 19, 1863, Scogin's Georgia Battery, part of Jackson's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, and Polk's Corps, was commanded by Captain John Scogin, with 1st Lieutenant William E. Lyons and 2d Lieutenant George M. Rockwell, who was wounded. Armed with 2 6 pounders and 2 12 pounder howitzers, the battery crossed the Chickamauga early that morning at Dalton's Ford with its brigade and division and, after coming into position once or twice without being engaged, moved rapidly north to the Alexander's Bridge Road and then west, taking position on this ground soon after noon in the center of the brigade. It was actively engaged until the brigade was ordered to retire, when, because of heavy cross-fire and the loss of horses, 1 piece and 1 caisson were abandoned but later recovered. Late in the evening the battery again took position on the hilltop east of this place and fought a sharp engagement lasting one and a half hours before bivouacking for the night.
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