Hey everyone, welcome to episode number 399 of our Civil War Podcast.

My name is Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

As y'all will recall in the last episode, it was Saturday, September 19, 1863, the second

day of the Battle of Chikamaga.

And on the Confederate side, after Walker arrived on the scene of the fighting in the vicinity

of Jay's mill, he found that two of his brigades had already been roughly handled by the Yankees.

In response, Walker brought up his other division, commanded by St. John Little.

Little's men achieved some initial success, routing all three brigades of Baird's division

of Federals.

But then Little's rebels, in turn, were thrown back by a counterattack by some Yankees from

Brandon's division.

By the end of the last episode, Walker needed help.

And so Confederate Army commander Braxton Bragg decided to feed Frank Cheedom's large

five brigade division into the fight.

And on the federal side, two formations that had been sent to 14th Corps Commander George

Thomas as reinforcements were also about to enter the fray.

Those were Johnson's 20th Corps Division and Palmer's 21st Corps Division.

In any case, when Thomas ordered Johnson and Palmer forward to replace Baird's and Brandon's

exhausted troops, that meant the second phase of the day's fighting was about to start.

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