York's Georgia Battery.

On Sept. 20, 1863, York's Georgia Battery, equipped with two 6-pounders and two 12-pounder howitzers and serving with Johnson's Brigade, Johnson's Division, Longstreet's Corps, was commanded by 1st Lieut. William S. Everett with 2nd Lieut. Francis M. Blout and 2nd Lieut. W.R. Jackson. After being engaged about 10:30 A.M. east of Brotherton's, the battery followed its brigade into the Brotherton field. Soon after 11 A.M., after firing a few rounds, it advanced to a position near the Dyer house, where it fired one round, then advanced again to this ridge about 11:45 A.M. and opened fire on part of the Union artillery and trains escaping through the Vittetoe Gap. One gun was run forward to a knoll in the Vittetoe field to fire through the gap. Between 1:15 and 1:45 P.M., the battery left this position and advanced to the attack on Snodgrass Ridge.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States