During the battle of September 19th and 20th, the main hospital depot for the wounded of the Union Army was located in this vicinity under the medical direction of Surgeon Glover Perin, U.S.A., Assistant Surgeon Dallas Bache, U.S.A., Surgeon F.H. Gross of the 14th Army Corps, Surgeon Jabez Perkins of the 20th Army Corps, and Surgeon A. J. Phelps of the 21st Army Corps. The hospitals of the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the 20th Corps and the 2nd and 4th Divisions of the 14th Corps were established near this point in a large brick building, several outbuildings, and tents. The hospitals of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions of the 21st Corps were established nearby on the Dry Valley Road on the 19th, and by 8 o'clock that evening every place of shelter was filled. On the afternoon of the 20th, when the right of the Union Army was driven back, many wounded were evacuated by ambulance and supply train wagons to Chattanooga by way of the Dry Valley Road. Fourteen medical officers of the 21st Corps, eleven medical officers of the 20th Corps, and a number of medical officers of the 14th Corps remained with rations and medical supplies to care for the wounded who could not be transported and those left on the field, and these surgeons and wounded fell into enemy hands.