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On September 20, 1863, in the afternoon, Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, armed with four James guns and two Napoleons and serving with Willich's Brigade, Johnson's Division, McCook's Corps, was commanded by Captain Wilbur F. Goodspeed with 1st Lieutenant Charles W. Scovill and 2d Lieutenant Roland G. Day. During the general withdrawal from the Kelly field line about 5:30 p.m., the battery attached prolonges and retired firing canister at the rapidly advancing enemy, then came into position on this ground supported by the brigade and remained until all Union troops had passed, after which it retired with the rear guard to Rossville, reaching that point unmolested at about midnight.
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