Gregg's Brigade

At 2 p.m. on September 20, 1863, Gregg's Brigade of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's Corps, under Colonel Cyrus A. Sugg, advanced from this position under cover of artillery fire toward the central ridge about 400 yards away. After passing the right of Brannan's, it encountered the head of Steedman's Division on the northern slope of the ridge. Following a severe engagement, the brigade, with Johnson's on its left, fell back to its guns, while Anderson's Brigade on its right was also repulsed. After Manigault and Deas prolonged Johnson's line to the left, the whole line advanced again and was again pushed back to its guns. Near sunset, the brigade, with Johnson's and the right of Manigault's, advanced once more and followed Steedman's troops, which had then withdrawn to the bottom of the ravine behind the central crest where they had fought. The line then withdrew to the crest and bivouacked. Its strength in action on September 19 was 1352, and its casualties were 109 killed, 474 wounded, and 18 captured or missing, for a total of 601, a loss of 44.45 percent.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States