Creighton's Brigade

Creighton's Brigade (HMURU)

Location: Chattanooga, TN 37404 Hamilton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 59.692', W 85° 16.475'

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Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.

— Col. William R. Creighton. —

Creighton's Brigade
Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.
Col. William R. Creighton.
Nov. 25, 1863, 6 p.m.
5th Ohio - Col. John H. Patrick.
7th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Orrin J. Crane.
29th Ohio - Col. William T. Fitch.
66th Ohio - Capt. Thomas McConnell.
28th Pennsylvania - Col. Thomas J. Ahl.
147th Pennsylvania - Lieut. Col. A. Pardee, Jr.
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This Brigade, the 5th and 29th Ohio being left west of Lookout, descended Lookout Mountain at 11 a.m., Nov. 25th at the head of Geary's Division, followed Osterhaus' to Rossville, and turned north along the west base of Missionary Ridge, Landgreaber's (2nd Missouri) Battery of Osterhaus' Division shelling the crest as the column advanced.
At a point a half a mile south of where Johnson's Division had just reached the crest the Brigade, with the 28th and 147th Pennsylvania in the front line, the 7th and 66th Ohio in the second, assaulted obliquely reaching the summit with little opposition to the left of Cruft's Division.
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Placed ByChickamauga-Chattanooga National Battlefield Commission
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Date Added Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 5:23am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 657465 N 3873833
Decimal Degrees34.99486667, -85.27458333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 59.692', W 85° 16.475'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 59' 41.52" N, 85° 16' 28.50" W
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Area Code(s)423
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 567 S Crest Rd, Chattanooga TN 37404, US
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