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On July 22, 1864, the left wing of McPherson’s Army of the Tenn. (US), Giles Smith’s div., 17th A.C., held an intrenched line on Flat Shoals Rd. between Leggett’s Hill and Glenwood, where it hooked eastward facing south. Gen. P.R. Cleburne’s three brigades, Lowrey’s, Govan’s and Smith’s (Granbury’s), struck the Federal flank at the hook and swept it aside by front and rear attacks, and with Maney’s div. in support finally drove the entire Federal division north to Leggett’s Hill. During this rear attack Gen. McPherson was killed by skirmishers of Smith’s Texas brigade.
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