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ry; Sixth and Ninth, Col. George C. Porter, battalion of sharpshooters, Maj. Frank Maney. General Strahl had the old brigade of A. P. Stewart, the Fourth and Fifth regiments, Col. Jonathan J. Lamb;as nearly exhausted, but that he could hold the position until his wants were supplied, or until Strahl could relieve him. No grander spectacle was ever witnessed than the withdrawal of Smith's and Jackson's brigades and the substitution of Maney and Strahl, and no more dangerous experiment was ever made within musket range of an enemy and under a concentrated fire of artillery and small-arms. Thuty 21,448 men of all arms, reinforced by two divisions stronger than Cheatham's. Soon Maney and Strahl were enveloped by overwhelming numbers in front and on both flanks, and after a struggle of unpahe flag was in the hands of Colonel Stanton it was pierced thirty times by the enemy's balls. Strahl's brigade under its accomplished commander could always be trusted to perform the measure of its
d to him above all men next to their own division general. The men murmured, the officers resented in silence the action of the commanding general, and for this the Tennesseeans were scattered. Maney's brigade was assigned to Walker's division, Strahl's to Stewart's, Vaughn's to Hindman's; Wright's brigade was detached and sent to Charleston, east Tennessee; and the Mississippi brigade, commanded by the gallant Walthall, and the Alabama brigade of John C. Moore, were assigned to Cheatham's divall had already formed across the ridge and driven the enemy back. With enthusiasm Hardee said to Cheatham, You have saved the right of the army. The heavy firing heard by General Hardee was Walthall's resistance to the advance of the enemy. Strahl's Tennessee brigade, Stewart's division, constituted a part of what General Stewart aptly called the attenuated line by which Missionary Ridge was nominally held. It was swept from the crest after a stout resistance and crossed the Chickamauga i
ad not shaken it, and General Johnston's presence revived confidence in themselves and hope for the success of the cause for which so many sacrifices had been made. One of the earliest orders of General Johnston was the restoration of Maney's, Strahl's and Vaughan's brigades to Cheatham's division, together with Donelson's old brigade, afterward Wright's, Col. John C. Carter, Thirty-eighth Tennessee, commanding. The esprit de corps of the division was fully restored, and the old spirit of inigade, received the thanks of General Cleburne for efficient cooperation in resisting the attack. A body of the assailants charged into Quarles' rifle-pits, where most of them were killed or captured. On the 28th, in a heavy skirmish in which Strahl's brigade was engaged, Col. Jonathan J. Lamb, Fifth Tennessee, was mortally wounded. He was a courageous, vigilant and well-beloved officer, who fought in the ranks as a private soldier at Shiloh, and won promotion from time to time until he rea