Grose's Brigade

On November 25th, 1863, Grose's Brigade of Cruft's Division in Granger's Corps, commanded by Col. William Grose and including the 59th, 75th, and 84th Illinois, the 9th and 36th Indiana, and the 24th Ohio, left Lookout Mountain with Hooker's column about 10 o'clock A.M. and reached Rossville about 4 P.M. after being delayed by the destruction of a bridge over Chattanooga Creek. It followed Osterhaus' Division into the Gap and, when opposite a point of Missionary Ridge on its left, was ordered to carry that position. The brigade advanced at 4 o'clock with the 9th Indiana leading and the 59th Illinois supporting on the left. After the center had reached the summit, two regiments of Whitaker's Brigade went forward on the left of the second and third lines on the slope. The 84th Illinois and 36th Indiana formed the second line, and the 75th Illinois and 24th Ohio formed the third. With Geary's Division moving along the western base of the ridge and Osterhaus' along the eastern base, the Confederate line was steadily forced from the crest. The brigade advanced to within half a mile of the point where the right of Johnson's Division of the assaulting lines of the center had reached the summit, and bivouacked for the night.

Chattanooga, Tennessee · United States