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On September 19, 1863, at 4 p.m., Brigadier General Henry L. Benning's Brigade of Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps, including the 2nd Georgia under Lieutenant Colonel William S. Shepherd and Major W.W. Charlton, the 15th Georgia under Colonel Dudley M. DuBose and Major P.J. Shannon, the 17th Georgia under Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Matthews, and the 20th Georgia under Colonel J.D. Waddell, moved from the crest in the woods northeast of this position and held this line until after 4 p.m. The brigade was heavily engaged with Carlin's and Heg's Brigades, supported by Wilder's Brigade of mounted infantry. About 3:30 p.m. Harker's Brigade, followed by Buell's, arrived from Lee and Gordon's Mill and reinforced the Union line. Harker passed north, and the rest of the Union line was driven across the fields west of Viniard's. Benning occupied the ground around the Viniard house with his advance in the ravine, but the Union forces rallied and reoccupied this ground, forcing Benning to withdraw into the forest in his rear at sunset.
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