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Maney's Brigade

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
· Cheatham's Division
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At 2 p.m. on September 19, 1863, Maney's Brigade of Cheatham's Division in Polk's Corps, under Brigadier General George Maney, consisted of the 1st Tennessee and 27th Tennessee under Colonel Hume R. Field, the 4th Tennessee, Provisional Army, under Colonel James A. McMurry, the 6th Tennessee and 9th Tennessee under Colonel George C. Porter, the 24th Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters under Major Frank Maney, and Smith's Mississippi Battery under Lieutenant William B. Turner. With Strahl's Brigade on its left, it formed the second line of Cheatham's Division at the opening of the action. About 2 o'clock it advanced over this ground to relieve Jackson's Brigade on the next crest to the north, where it immediately became heavily engaged.
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