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Lumsden's Alabama Battery, part of Robertson's Reserve Artillery, had 3 Napoleons, 1 10 Pounder Parrott, and 1 12 Pounder Howitzers on September 20, 1863. Captain Charles L. Lumsden commanded the battery, with 1st Lieutenant Harvey H. Cribbs, 2d Lieutenant Ebenezer H. Hargrove, and Cadet J.P. Sykes. The battery was engaged with the enemy on the 19th, losing one gun when its trail broke, but the gun was soon retaken. On the 20th, the battery came into position on this ground near 5 P.M. and opened fire on the enemy crossing the road near the Kelly house from the east to the west, continuing to fire until his line on the right was abandoned. Its casualties were 1 man killed, 1 man wounded, 5 horses killed, and 3 horses wounded.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
