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Colonel John McCausland's Brigade of Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow's Division, C.S.A., including the 36th Virginia under Lieutenant Colonel L. Wilber Reid, the 50th Virginia under Major Charles E. Thorburn, and the 20th Mississippi under Major William N. Brown, proceeded from Cumberland City to Fort Donelson and arrived at daylight on February 13, 1862. The brigade at once occupied a position in support of Greene's Battery on the left of Davidson's Brigade, while the 20th Mississippi remained in reserve. During the entire day the troops were under fire, and at midnight General Pillow ordered the 20th Mississippi to relieve the 7th Texas Regiment in the trenches.
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