Cheatham’s Division – Polk’s Corps

Cheatham’s Division of Polk’s Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham and including the brigades of John K. Jackson, George Maney, Preston Smith, Marcus J. Wright, and Otho F. Strahl, served as the rear of Bragg’s infantry column and halted north of Lee and Gordon’s Mill near Scott’s house on September 8, 1863, with one brigade at Crawfish Springs. On September 10 and the morning of September 11 it was at Dr. Anderson’s, then marched to LaFayette on the 11th and returned to Rock Spring Church on the 12th for a projected attack on Crittenden by Polk’s and Walker’s Corps that was not delivered. On the afternoon of September 18 the division moved north of the Chickamauga and crossed to the west side at Dalton’s Ford at 7 A.M. on September 19. It formed on this ground as the reserve to Bragg’s front line, and at 11 A.M. was ordered to proceed in haste to the right to assist Walker’s Corps, then hotly engaged with the troops of General Thomas.

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