McLaw's Division

On September 20, 1863, McLaw's Division of Longstreet's Corps, including Kershaw's Brigade under Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw and Humphrey's Brigade under Brigadier General Benjamin G. Humphreys, formed the rear of Hood's column and advanced with it from the forest east of the Brotherton House at 11:15 a.m. Soon after entering the Dyer Fields, it passed over Hood's Division, which had been checked by a charge of Harker's Brigade, forced Harker's Brigade to Snodgrass Hill, and at 1 p.m. unsuccessfully assaulted the hill where Harker and others had formed their commands. The division made several highly persistent assaults during the afternoon but did not carry the Union line. Fighting ceased on the division's front at sunset, with the last assault joined by Gracie's Brigade of Preston's Division.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States