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On September 18, 1863, McNair's Brigade of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's Corps, under Brigadier General Evander McNair and Colonel David Coleman, included the 7th 1st Arkansas Rifles, dismounted, under Colonel Robert W. Harper; the 2d Arkansas Rifles, dismounted, under Colonel J. A. Williamson; the 25th Arkansas, under Lieutenant Colonel Eli Hufstedler; the 4th and 31st Arkansas and 4th Arkansas Battalion, consolidated, under Major J. A. Ross; the 39th North Carolina, under Colonel David Coleman; and Culpeper's South Carolina Battery, under Captain J. F. Culpeper. About 7 a.m. the brigade formed line on this ground in rear of Gregg's Brigade, then advanced with the division to meet the attack of Davis' Union Division from the direction of Viniard's. During Gregg's heaviest engagement, the 39th North Carolina and the 25th Arkansas moved forward to his line and forced their way 200 yards across the LaFayette Road before Wilder's Brigade enfiladed them and compelled them to retire. The rest of the brigade charged to the right and drove the opposing forces to and beyond the LaFayette Road.
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