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On September 20, 1863, at about 8 A.M., Brig. Gen. John Beatty's brigade of Negley's Division in Thomas' Corps, including the 104th Illinois under Lieut. Col. Douglas Hapeman, 42nd Indiana under Lieut. Col. Wm. T.B. McIntyre, 88th Indiana under Col. George Humphrey, 15th Kentucky under Col. Marion C. Taylor, and Bridges Illinois Battery under Capt. Lyman Bridges, arrived from its position in the Dyer field as the reserve of Negley's division and went into line on the left of Dodge's brigade, with its left extending across the Lafayette road; about 8:30 A.M. it was ordered to advance its left to the high ground near or around the McDonald house.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
