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of his own Tennessee brigade under Col. John S. Fulton, Forty-fourth Tennessee, Gregg's Tennessee brigade, McNair's brigade, and Bledsoe's Missouri battery, was first to cross the Chickamauga at 3 p. m. of the 18th, and no other troops, says General Johnson, crossed at any point until he ‘had swept the west bank in front of their respective places of crossing.’
He was not seriously engaged until 2 p. m. of the 19th, when, his line being formed about 1,000 yards west of the road to Chattanooga from Lee & Gordon's mills, his skirmishers were driven in. Bledsoe's and Everett's batteries opened fire, and Culpeper's battery of three guns was brought into action on Gregg's left.
The enemy advanced on Johnson's and Gregg's brigades, and were easily repulsed, except on Gregg's left.
The Fiftieth here lost 2 killed and 45 wounded before it moved from its position.
Johnson pushed his command forward with orders to attack whenever opportunity permitted.
Robertson's brigade of Hood's division advanced on the right of the Fiftieth, and the enemy was driven back with loss.
About this time General Gregg ventured out too far in front of his brigade to reconnoiter the enemy's position, and endeavoring to return was shot through the neck and fell from his horse.
While the enemy was taking his spurs, sword and other valuables from his person, Robertson's Texans dashed forward and gained possession of the general and his horse, and inflicted serious.
punishment on the enemy.
General Johnson, referring to the incident, declared that General Gregg was an able officer in command of a good brigade.
Johnson's brigade, under Colonel Fulton, after advancing 600 yards received a deadly fire of artillery and musketry for an hour, but forced the Federals to retire beyond the Chattanooga road, where they took cover in the woods to the left of a clearing, in which they posted their battery.
The gallant Lieut.-Col. Robert B. Snowden, with the Twenty-fifth and part of the Twentythird,
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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