75th Indiana Infantry

The 75th Regiment Indiana Infantry, in the Second Brigade under Edward A. King, Fourth Division under Reynolds, Fourteenth Corps under Thomas, fought on September 19 and 20 in actions around Brotherton's, Poe's, Kelly's Field, and McDonald's. About noon on September 19 it was posted as reserve in rear of the brigade; at 2 P.M. it successfully charged the enemy between Brotherton's and Poe's; afterward it relieved Grose's Brigade, which withdrew for ammunition, and near sundown it supported collected batteries north of Poe's. On September 20 it was engaged from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. on the extreme right of the division north of Poe's and withstood repeated assaults by the enemy under Cleburne and Stewart; it then took position on the south side of Kelly's Field. At 5 P.M. it was in Reynolds' charging column in the vicinity of McDonald's. Of 360 engaged, 17 were killed, 108 wounded, and 13 captured, for a total loss of 138.

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