Connell's Brigade

On September 20, 1863, at about 11 a.m., Colonel John M. Connell's brigade of Brannan's Division in Thomas' Corps, including the 82nd Indiana under Colonel Morton C. Hunter, 17th Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Durbin Ward, 31st Ohio under Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Lister, 38th Ohio under Colonel Edward H. Phelps, and 1st Michigan Light Battery D under Captain Josiah W. Church, was attacked here in front and on its right flank, except that the 38th Ohio was on detached service. The three brigades immediately on its right had been ordered to support the Union line farther to the left, and as the last of them moved across the gap left behind, Confederates attacked. After a short but severe engagement with Hood's division, the brigade gave way and was forced to the rear in confusion, with part rallying on Snodgrass Hill and the greater part going to Rossville. The battery lost five of its six guns.

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