Wood's Brigade

Wood's Brigade of Cleburne's Division in Hill's Corps, under Brigadier General S. A. M. Wood, included the 16th Alabama under Major John H. McGaughy, the 33d Alabama under Colonel Samuel Adams, the 45th Alabama under Colonel E. B. Breedlove, the 18th Alabama Battalion under Major John H. Gibson, the 32D and 45th Mississippi under Colonel M. P. Lowrey, the 15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters under Major A.T. Hawkins, and Semple’s Alabama Battery under Captain Henry C. Semple and Lieutenant R. W. Goldthwaite. Shortly before sunset on September 19, 1863, the brigade arrived with Cleburne's Division from the east side of the Chickamauga and formed along this road with Polk's Brigade on its right and Deshler's on its left. Soon after sunset it moved forward with the division to make a night attack on the Union lines in the vicinity of the Winfrey house.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States