Hazen's Brigade

On Sept. 20, 1863, at 3:30 P.M., Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen's brigade of Palmer's Division, Crittenden's Corps, consisted of the 9th Indiana under Col. Isaac C.B. Suman, the 6th Kentucky under Maj. Richard T. Whitaker, the 41st Ohio under Col. Aquila Wiley, the 124th Ohio under Maj. James B. Hampson, and 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery F, under Lieut. Giles J. Cockerill. About 3 o'clock, while on the front line on the right of Palmer's division east of the Kelly field, the brigade was sent to assist the troops on Snodgrass Hill. It moved there at double-quick and fought there with Harker's brigade of Wood's division until the end of the battle. About 5:30 P.M. the 9th Indiana moved to the right to support the right of Brannan's line. At 7 P.M. the brigade led the withdrawal of this position of the line to Rossville. Its effective force on Sept. 19th was 1467 officers and men, and its battle casualties were 46 killed, 378 wounded, and 76 captured or missing, a total of 500, for a loss of 34.08 percent.

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