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On September 20, 1863, in the morning, Brigadier General August Willich's brigade of Johnson's Division, McCook's Corps, formed on this ground as the reserve of its division. It included the 89th Illinois under Lieutenant Colonel Duncan J. Hall and Major William D. Williams, the 32nd Indiana under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Erdelmeyer, the 39th Indiana under Colonel Thomas J. Harrison detached, the 15th Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Askew, the 49th Ohio under Major Samuel F. Gray and Captain Luther M. Strong, and the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A, under Captain Wilbur F. Goodspeed. Upon the first advance of the Confederates, the brigade moved to the line in front and assisted in repulsing them. It then returned to its position in reserve and took part in checking the advance of Breckinridge's division into the Kelly field. In this action Goodspeed's battery took a prominent part.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
