Clayton's Brigade

Under Brigadier General Henry D. Clayton in Stewart's Division of Buckner's Corps, the brigade's 2d position at 11 A.M. on September 20, 1863, included the 18th Alabama under Colonel J. T. Holtzclaw, the 36th Alabama under Colonel Lewis T. Woodruff, the 38th Alabama under Lieutenant Colonel A. R. Lankford, and the 1st Arkansas Battery under Captain John T. Humphreys. About 11 o'clock, the brigade advanced with the rest of its division from a position beyond the first crest east of this point. On reaching open ground, it came under heavy artillery and small-arms fire and suffered severely, but continued to the Lafayette road. There it was compelled to withdraw by the troops of Brannan and Reynolds, who were posted behind field defenses of rails and stones. The brigade retired to its morning position and was not further engaged until the general advance shortly before sundown. Taken into action on September 19th with 1446 officers and men, it lost 86 killed, 535 wounded, and 13 missing, for a total of 634, or 42.40 percent.

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