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On September 19, 1863, at 11 a.m., Liddell's Division of Walker's Corps, commanded by Brigadier General St. John R. Liddell and composed of Liddell's Brigade under Colonel Daniel C. Govan and Walthall's Brigade under Brigadier General Edward C. Walthall, was ordered by General Walker at about 10:30 a.m. to move from its halted position on the road from Alexander's Bridge to Lee and Gordon's Mill to the right in support of forces engaged in front of Jay's Mill. Advancing quickly with Walthall's Brigade on the right and Liddell's on the left, the division struck the flank of Scribber's and King's Brigades of Baird's Division, threw them into confusion, and captured Battery A, 1st Michigan and Battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery. As it pressed its advantage, Liddell's line was first checked by two brigades of Brannan's Division and then taken in flank by Croxton's Brigade of that division, causing it to fall back to a position in rear of Cheatham's Division near Jay's Mill, where it remained during the early afternoon.
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