The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 56
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56 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. XLII.
Baird's division was posted. Brannan followed, and was posted on
Baird's left, covering the roads leading to Reed's and Alexander's
Bridges.
At this point Colonel McCook, of General Granger's command,
who had made a reconnaissance to the Chickamauga the evening
before and had burned Reed's Bridge, met General Thomas, and
reported that an isolated brigade of the enemy was this side of the
Chickamauga, and, the bridge being destroyed, a rapid movement in
that direction might result in the capture of the force thus isolated.
General Thomas ordered Brannan with two brigades to reconnoiter
in that direction and attack any small force he should meet. The
advance brigade, supported by the rest of the division, soon encoun-
tered a strong body of the enemy, attacked it vigorously, and drove
it back more than half a mile, where a very strong column of the
enemy was found, with the evident intention of turning our left and
gaining possession of the La Fayette road between us and Chatta-
nooga.
This vigorous movement disconcerted the plans of the enemy to
move on our left, and opened the
BATTLE OF THE 19TH SEPTEMBER.
The leading brigade became engaged about 10 a. m. on the 19th, on
our extreme left, and extending to the right, where the enemy com-
bined to move in heavy masses. Apprehending this movement, I had
ordered General McCook to send Johnson's division to Thomas' as-
sistance. He arrived opportunely.
General Crittenden, with great good sense, had already dispatched
Palmer's, reporting the fact to me, and received my approval. The
enemy returned our attack, and was driving back Baird's right in
disorder, when Johnson struck the attacking column in flank and
drove it back more than a half a mile till his own right was ovbr-
lapped, and in imminent danger of being turned, when Palmer, com-
ing in on Johnson's right, threw his division against the enemy and
drove back his advance columns.
Palmer's right was soon overlapped, when Van Cleve's division
came to his support, but was beaten back, when Reynolds' division
came in and was in turn overpowered. Davis' division came into
the fight then, most opportunely, and drove the enemy, who soon,,
however, developed a superior force against his line and pressed him
so heavily that he was giving ground, when Wood's division came
and turned the tide of battle the other way.
About 3 p. m. General McCook was ordered to send Sheridan's
division to support our line near Wood and Davis, directing Lytle's
brigade to hold Gordon's Mills, our extreme right. Sheridan also ar-
rived opportunely to save Wood from disaster, and the rebel tide
was thoroughly staid in that quarter.
Meanwhile, the roar of musketry in our center grew louder, and
evidently approached headquarters at Widow Glenn's house, until
musket balls came near and shells burst about it. Our center was
being driven.
Orders were sent to General Negley to move his division from
Crawfish Spring and above, where he had been holding the line of
the Chickamauga, to Widow Glenn's, to be held in reserve to give
succor wherever it might be required. At 4.30 p. m. he reported
with his division, and as the indications that our center was being
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1890; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152978/m1/67/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.