Reynolds' Division

Major General Joseph J. Reynolds's Division of Thomas's Corps held the right of Palmer's Division on September 20, 1863, extending the Union line to and beyond the LaFayette Road south of Kelly's. Its 1st Brigade under Colonel John T. Wilder was detached mounted infantry, while the 2d Brigade was led by Colonel Edward A. King and Colonel Milton S. Robinson, and the 3d Brigade by Brigadier General John B. Turchin. Early that morning, Turchin's Brigade formed the division's left and E. A. King's, posted west of the road, formed its right, with the brigades arranged in two lines behind slight breastworks of rails, logs, and stones. Soon after 10 o'clock, Stewart's Division attacked Brannan's and Reynolds's fronts with great vigor, but was repulsed after severe close fighting with great loss and reformed on the ground from which it had first advanced. At 11 A.M., Longstreet's columns of three divisions pierced the Union line at the Brotherton House through a gap left by the withdrawal of Wood's Division, and after stubborn fighting Brannan was driven away from Reynolds's right. Reynolds then refused King's Brigade on his right. His line was not attacked again by infantry, and at 5:30 P.M., under orders from General Thomas, the division withdrew without molestation, moving northward by column of brigades on each side of the LaFayette Road.

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