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The 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, in the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, under Colonel Oscar H. LaGrange, crossed the Tennessee River on September 2nd 1863 and took part in all cavalry movements in the vicinity of Lookout Mountain until September 19th, when it became severely engaged with the enemy in front of Crawfish Springs and about the upper fords of the Chickamauga. With the other commands, it guarded the right of the army and protected the field hospital at Crawfish Springs until 5:00 p.m. on the 20th, when it assisted in removing the wounded from that point and conducted the trains in safety to Chattanooga Valley and toward Chattanooga.
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