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On July 20, 1864, Gen. John Newton’s division of Howard’s 4th A.C., marching south from Buckhead, relieved T. J. Wood’s division on this side of Peachtree Creek and moved to this ridge, where two brigades were deployed, Kimball’s west of Peachtree Road and Blake’s east of it, with Bradley’s in reserve at the rear. At 3:30 P.M., three of Hardee’s Confederate divisions, Bate’s, Walker’s, and Maney’s, advanced from their entrenched line 0.8 miles south. Walker and Maney struck the fronts of Kimball and Blake, while Bate, in Clear Creek Valley, outflanked Blake only to face Bradley. Kimball narrowly averted a break in the line on his right by changing front and with the timely support of Ward’s 20th A.C. division.
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