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On Sept. 19, 1863, at night, Maj. Gen. James S. Negley’s division of Thomas’ Corps, with the 1st Brigade under Brig. Gen. John Beatty, the 2d Brigade under Col. Timothy R. Stanley, and the 3d Brigade under Col. William Sirwell, reported to General Rosecrans at Widow Glenn’s at 4:30 PM and was immediately sent forward to the Dyer fields to restore the line from which Van Cleave’s division had been driven east of Brotherton’s. It first met and checked the advance of Clayton’s brigade, which was pursuing Van Cleave and had penetrated the Union line nearly to the Tan Yard in the Dyer field. At 6 P.M. Sirwell’s and Stanley’s brigades advanced to this position, where they remained until relieved by Woods division at 9:30 on the morning of the 20th. Beatty’s brigade, held in reserve, bivouacked in the Dyer field about 450 yards west of this position.
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