Benton's & Coltart's Brigades
![July 22, 1864. When Brown´s (formerly Hindman´s) div., Cheatham´s A.C. [Confed.] attacked the Fed. line e. of here, Benton´s Mississippi & Coltart´s Alabama brigades struck Harrow´s div. of the...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YUYpjB9Cij73Fysd_WoSXbuxax-b2qYpJtODnRYeQpPF_Ya9VH2wSSppZsOjV3pZRMpL502YSu4X-wmSA_AyJe2BBRW-)
July 22, 1864. When Brown´s (formerly Hindman´s) div., Cheatham´s A.C. [Confed.] attacked the Fed. line e. of here, Benton´s Mississippi & Coltart´s Alabama brigades struck Harrow´s div. of the 15th A.C. [Union], dislodging Williams´ & Oliver´s brigades. Simultaneously, Manigault seized Martin´s & Lightburn´s line astride the Ga. R.R. northward -- a combined action that displaced four Federal brigades on a half-mile front which they later recovered by reinforced counter-assaults.
Col. Samuel Benton, wounded in the battle, was carried to the rear and later removed to a hospital at Griffin, Ga., where he died.
GHM 060-103 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1984
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.