59th Ohio Infantry

The 59th Ohio Infantry, part of Dick's Brigade, Van Cleve's Division, 21st Army Corps, was heavily engaged in this position on September 19th, 1863, from 3:00 p.m. till 4:30 p.m. while resisting the successive attacks of Brown's and Bates' Brigades of Stewart's Division. At the same time, assailed on its right flank by Fulton's Brigade, it was forced to retire to the ridge about 500 yards west of the road, where, after a brief resistance, it was forced to retire again and reformed on the hill near Crawfish Springs Road. On September 20th, after a brief engagement to the left and rear of this position, the regiment became separated from the left of the army and was forced from the field. Its losses were 7 killed, 41 wounded, and 50 captured or missing, a total of 78.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States