RE: OT: Chickamauga Soujourn
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:00 am
[font="times new roman"](By Dan Roper)
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York's Georgia Battery 1 Gun[font="times new roman"] [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Smoke and thunder [/font]
[font="times new roman"]wreath the bronze [/font]
[font="times new roman"]hilltop sentinel [/font]
[font="times new roman"]York's single gun [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Crouched to fire [/font]
[font="times new roman"]against the foe [/font]
[font="times new roman"]whose broken ranks [/font]
[font="times new roman"]seek the sun [/font]
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On September 20, 1863, York's Georgia Battery supported Longstreet's breakout through the center of the Union lines at the Battle of Chickamauga. The battery of four guns advanced with the gray infantry as it pursued shattered elements of the federal army and then fought off attacks against its own flank. One gun of the battery was detailed to occupy a small knoll to interdict enemy artillery retiring towards McFarland Gap and Chattanooga.
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York's Georgia Battery 1 Gun[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Smoke and thunder [/font]
[font="times new roman"]wreath the bronze [/font]
[font="times new roman"]hilltop sentinel [/font]
[font="times new roman"]York's single gun [/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Crouched to fire [/font]
[font="times new roman"]against the foe [/font]
[font="times new roman"]whose broken ranks [/font]
[font="times new roman"]seek the sun [/font]
[font="times new roman"][/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
On September 20, 1863, York's Georgia Battery supported Longstreet's breakout through the center of the Union lines at the Battle of Chickamauga. The battery of four guns advanced with the gray infantry as it pursued shattered elements of the federal army and then fought off attacks against its own flank. One gun of the battery was detailed to occupy a small knoll to interdict enemy artillery retiring towards McFarland Gap and Chattanooga.