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On the afternoon of September 18, 1863, the day before the main battle, Confederate forces pushed across Chickamauga Creek at Reeds Bridge, three-quarters of a mile east, and at several shallow fords while outnumbering Union units that offered some resistance. The Confederates who crossed at Reeds Bridge turned south to attack the Union left at Lee and Gordons Mills, and as twilight approached, the last of them crossed the creek and marched past this point. Union Col. Dan McCook spotted the enemy soldiers, captured some stragglers, burned Reeds Bridge, and reported that an isolated Confederate brigade was trapped on this side of the creek. McCook's men settled down nearby for the night, hoping at dawn to be reinforced and destroy the trapped Confederate unit.
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