Gracie's Brigade

On September 20, 1863, at 4 p.m., Brigadier General Archibald Gracie, Jr.'s brigade of Preston's Division in Buckner's Corps, including the 43d Alabama under Colonel Young M. Moody, the 1st Alabama Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel John H. Holt, the 2d Alabama Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Bolling Hall, Jr., the 3d Alabama Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel John W.A. Sanford, the 4th Alabama Battalion under Major John D. McLennan, and the 63d Tennessee under Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Fulkerson, was brought from the vicinity of Hall's Ford and formed on this ground across the LaFayette Road facing north, with Kelly's Brigade in a second line and Trigg's at Brotherton's supporting Williams' Artillery. Between 3 and 4 o'clock, in this position, the command was subjected to heavy artillery fire from Union batteries in the Kelly field. At 4 p.m. the brigade was dispatched to Snodgrass Hill to assist Kershaw's Brigade, which had been assaulting that position since 1:30 p.m.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States