Alexander's Brigade

On November 24, 1863, Colonel Jesse I. Alexander's Brigade of John E. Smith's Division, 17th Corps, advanced from the Tennessee River with the 4th Minnesota in front as skirmishers and by nightfall had seized the ridge 800 yards northwest of this point, where two guns of the 6th Wisconsin battery were placed on top of the ridge. At 10 A.M. on November 25, the 48th Indiana and 63rd Illinois were sent to support General Lightburn's Brigade on its left and front. Later that day, the 63rd Illinois relieved the 30th and 37th Ohio near this point. The brigade included the 63rd Illinois under Colonel Joseph B. McCown, 48th Indiana under Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Wood, 59th Indiana under Captain Wilford H. Wolman, 4th Minnesota under Lieutenant Colonel John E. Tourtellotte, and 18th Wisconsin under Colonel Gabriel Bouck, and it had 4 wounded.

Chattanooga, Tennessee · United States