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On September 19, 1863, Hood's Division of Longstreet's Corps, under Brigadier General E. McIver Law, formed its line of battle on this ground at 7 a.m. and advanced at 3 p.m. with Robertson's Brigade on the left and Law's Brigade on the right to meet a Union attack from the direction of Viniard's. As Bushrod R. Johnson's Division gained ground toward Brotherton's during the engagement, Robertson's and Benning's Brigades replaced it and, together with Trigg's Brigade of Preston's Division, finally drove Davis' Union Division beyond the LaFayette road at Viniard's, but they were later forced back into the forest east of Viniard's by reinforcements from Wood's and Sheridan's Divisions coming from Lee and Gordon's Mill, assisted by Wilder's Brigade of mounted infantry.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
