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The 79th Illinois Infantry served in the 2nd Brigade under Dodge, the 2nd Division under Johnson, and the 20th Army Corps under McCook. Commanded by Colonel Allen Buckner, it was engaged on September 19, 1863, from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M., and suffered a loss of 121.
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