Bradley's Brigade

Bradley's Brigade of Sheridan's Division in McCook's Corps, commanded by Colonel Nathan H. Walworth, included the 22nd, 27th, 42nd, and 51st Illinois and 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery C. At 11 a.m. on September 20, 1863, while moving rapidly by the flank from near Widow Glenn's toward the left of the army, the brigade was struck on this ground by the advance of Hindman's Division from the Lafayette road. The brigade faced the Confederates and in a sharp but brief fight lost nearly half its number. Its battery, which had been ordered to report to Laiboldt's Brigade farther to the left, lost three of its guns, and the brigade was forced back to the high ground west of the Crawfish Springs road and off the field. Its casualties on September 19 and 20 were 58 killed, 375 wounded, and 84 captured or missing, for a total of 517.

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