Stovall's Brigade

On Nov. 25, 1863, Stovall's Brigade of Stewart's Division in Breckinridge's Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall and including the 40th, 41st, 42d, 43d, and 52d Georgia regiments under Cols. Abda Johnson, William E. Curtiss, R. J. Henderson, Hiram P. Bell, and Maj. John J. Moore, had held its position on Nov. 24 in Stewart's line of earthworks with its left on the Rossville road opposite the Watkins' place and Clayton's Brigade on its right; during the night it moved with Adams' (Gibson's) and Strahl's brigades to Missionary Ridge, took position on Strahl's left while Adams formed the division's right at Bragg's Headquarters, and, because the assigned frontage was so wide, the men were placed in a single rank in a much attenuated line, with Clayton's Brigade extending from Stovall's left toward the point overlooking Rossville Gap for a mile and a half and the line extended another half mile when Breckinridge withdrew two regiments and posted them in the Gap; in the general assault on the afternoon of the 25th, the brigade was attacked in front, on the left flank, and in the rear, and finally retreated with its division toward Mission Mills, suffering 5 killed, 32 wounded, and 47 missing.

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