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5th Wisconsin Battery

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The 5th Wisconsin Battery, part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Corps, under Captain George Q. Gardner and attached to Post's Brigade, was detailed to cover the withdrawal of the trains from Stevens' Gap to Crawfish Springs and then to Chattanooga. Upon reaching the foot of Lookout Mountain, it met an attack that was repulsed by the free use of canister. It was one of the last commands to cross Chickamauga Creek.
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia
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