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On Sept. 20, 1863, Bushrod R. Johnson's division of Hood's Corps, C.S.A., including Tennessee regiments under Col. John S. Fulton, Lt. Col. W.W. Floyd, Col. R.H. Keeble, Lt. Col. R.B. Snowden, and Lt. Col. J.S. McEwen, Jr., and the 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion under Lt. W.S. Everett, advanced across the LaFayette Road and pierced the Union center at the Brotherton Farm. The division then moved on to assault Snodgrass Hill throughout the afternoon until sundown, when Union forces withdrew to Chattanooga, resulting in a Confederate victory.
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