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On September 20, 1863, at 11:30 A.M., Wilder's Brigade of Reynolds' Division in Thomas' Corps, commanded by Colonel John T. Wilder, included the 92nd Illinois under Colonel Smith D. Atkins, the 98th Illinois under Colonel John J. Funkhouser, the 98th Illinois under Lieutenant Colonel Edward Kitchell, the 123rd Illinois under Colonel James Monroe, the 72nd Indiana under Colonel Abram O. Miller, the 17th Indiana under Major William T. Jones, and the 18th Indiana Battery under Captain Eli Lilly. Early that day the brigade was posted on the east slope of the ridge west of the Crawfish Springs Road with the 39th Indiana Mounted Infantry of Willich's Brigade on its left. When Hindman's Division attacked the Union troops near Widow Glenn's, Wilder charged on foot against Hindman's left flank and forced the left of Manigault's Brigade back across the Lafayette Road. The brigade then withdrew to the ridge west of the Crawfish Springs Road and later to Chattanooga Valley, where it covered the withdrawal of troops and transportation to Chattanooga. Its casualties during the battle were 13 killed, 94 wounded, and 18 captured or missing, for a total of 125.
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