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July 22, 1864. Manigault’s brigade, Brown’s div., Cheatham’s A.C. (CS) attacked this sector where Martin’s & Lightburn’s brigades were posted astride the Decatur rd. & the Ga. R.R. cut. Manigault’s troops broke the Federal line at the cut, thereby forcing the withdrawal of Lightburn & Martin from this sector of the entrenched line of Logan’s 15th corps.
A counter assault by Lightburn & Martin, together with Manny’s 16th A.C. brigade (brought up from the battlefield area S. of the R.R.), recovered the Federal line & the DeGress battery which Manigault’s men had seized but had not be able to remove
Location: DeKalb Avenue at DeGress Avenue
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Date Visited: July 01, 2008
The attackers, Manigault's brigade; the defenders, Logan's 15th Corps; and the saviors, Lightburn, Martin, and Manny's 16th Corps.
I guess the Confederates did not have enough men to reinforce the sucessful initial attack. Or Hood saw that the rest of the battle was not going well enough to strike a death knell on McPherson's line. I wonder if Hood yet knew that McPherson was dead already?
