Adams' Brigade

On Nov. 24th, Adams' Brigade of Stewart's Division, Breckinridge's Corps, occupied the left of Stewart's Division in the works extending across the plain from the foot of Missionary Ridge to Chattanooga Creek, with its right resting on the Rossville Road at the Watkins' House and reaching Chattanooga Creek. During the night of Nov. 24th, when the line was withdrawn from the plain to the crest of Missionary Ridge, the brigade was posted first north of Bragg's Headquarters to the left of Patton Anderson's Division, then moved to the left of Bragg's Headquarters and became the right of Stewart's Division. To cover the assigned space, it was formed in one rank with a much attenuated line. In the general assault on the afternoon of Nov. 25, 1863, its front was attacked by Harker's and Sherman's Brigades of Sheridan's Division and its rear by Osterhaus' Division, and it retreated toward Mission Mills. Its casualties were 28 killed, 96 wounded, and 233 missing.

Chattanooga, Tennessee · United States