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The 4th Michigan Cavalry, part of Minty's Brigade in Crook's Division of the Cavalry Corps, was led by Colonel Robert H. G. Minty and Major Horace Gray. On the morning of Sept. 18th, 1863, the regiment and its brigade met the advance of Bushrod Johnson's column on the east slope of Pea Vine Ridge and successfully delayed for ten hours the crossing at Reed's Bridge of a largely superior enemy infantry and artillery force, materially contributing to the defeat of the Confederate design to crush the left wing of the Union Army. On Sept. 19th it guarded the movement of trains to Chattanooga. On Sept. 20th it successfully engaged the enemy at Red House Bridge on the Ringgold Road. On the 21st and 22nd it assisted in covering the movement of the army to Chattanooga.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
