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On September 19, 1863, at 2 p.m., Brigadier General Samuel Beatty's Brigade of Van Cleve's Division in Crittenden's Corps, including the 79th Indiana under Colonel Frederick Knefler, 9th Kentucky under Colonel George H. Cram, 17th Kentucky under Colonel Alexander M. Stoutt, 19th Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. Strantton, and the 26th Pennsylvania Battery under Captain Alanson J. Stevens, formed on this ground about 1:30 p.m. with Dick's Brigade of the same division on its right and Palmer's Division on its left and advanced. A short distance ahead, the line became engaged and captured Carnes' Confederate Battery. The brigade was then successively attacked by Clayton's, Brown's, and Bate's Brigades of Stewart's Division; Brown's Brigade recaptured Carnes' Battery, and Beatty was forced across the Lafayette Road at Brotherton's at 3:30 p.m., where the brigade rallied on Van Cleve's new line.
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