Palmer's Division

On September 19th, 1863, at 4:30 P.m., Palmer's Division of Crittenden's Corps, commanded by Major General John M. Palmer and including the brigades of Brigadier General Charles Cruft, Brigadier General William B. Hazen, and Colonel William Grose, faced the northward advance of Stewart's troops from in front of Brotherton's at this point. Several batteries totaling twenty guns, supported by hastily formed fragments of infantry regiments, became desperately engaged with Bate's Brigade of Stewart's Division and finally repulsed Bate about 5 P.M. Meanwhile, under Palmer's direction, Grose's Brigade was reformed, and after Cruft was withdrawn from the front, the division lines were established near this position for the night. At dusk, both Cruft and Hazen were dispatched to assist Johnson and Baird's Divisions, which were being furiously assailed by Cleburne, but their services were not needed, and at the close of that affair these brigades returned and bivouacked near this point.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States