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On November 23, 1863, Major General Alexander P. Stewart's division of Breckinridge's Corps occupied the line of works east of Chattanooga Creek, with Breckinridge's division on its right. During the night of November 24, 1863, it was ordered to Missionary Ridge and posted with its left near Rossville Gap. In the afternoon of November 25, 1863, its position was attacked on the left and left rear by Hooker's command, and in front by the divisions of R. W. Johnson and Sheridan. Compelled to yield its position, the division retreated toward Ringgold. The division included Adams' Brigade under Colonel Randall L. Gibson, Clayton's Brigade under Brigadier General Henry D. Clayton, Strahl's Brigade under Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl, and Stovall's Brigade under Brigadier General Marcellus A. Stovall. Its artillery battalion was commanded by Captain Henry C. Semple and consisted of the Georgia battery under Lieutenant R. W. Anderson, the Arkansas battery under Lieutenant John W. Rivers, the Alabama battery under Captain McDonald Oliver, and the Mississippi battery under Captain Thomas J. Stanford.
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