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On November 25, 1863, at 5 P.M., Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft's division of Granger's Corps, with the 2nd Brigade under Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker and the 3rd Brigade under Col. William Grose, followed Osterhaus's division in Hooker's column from Lookout Mountain. By 4 P.M. it had penetrated Rossville Gap until its center was on the prolongation of the enemy's line on the crest of Missionary Ridge. There the division formed facing the flank of that line, with Grose's brigade in advance and Whitaker's in support, then moved forward, met the enemy's skirmishers advancing down the ridge, and soon carried the summit. Advancing astride the crest, it reached this point about 5 P.M., then continued northward to the vicinity of the position carried by the 14th Corps and bivouacked for the night.
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