Rice's Brigade
![July 22, 1864. Gen. E. W. Rice´s brigade [USA] was hastily deployed in open ground to meet the attack by Bate´s div. [CSA] The 66th Ind. was posted on the hill (Murphy High School) adjacent to...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/x6t3TR29O9mSQrG2_EeTTCPy2Udh7-zDysBNO3iUJAbsAvemBUEnz4z4q-n0nfR5moliis3Yo5MXHebshxE8LUBoSG4W)
July 22, 1864. Gen. E. W. Rice´s brigade [USA] was hastily deployed in open ground to meet the attack by Bate´s div. [CSA] The 66th Ind. was posted on the hill (Murphy High School) adjacent to Laird´s 14th Ohio Battery; leftward, to & along Clay Rd., were the 2d & 7th Iowa regts. with Blodgett´s 1st Mo. Battery H between them -- the 52d Ill. in reserve. These troops faced East.
The rt. angular alignment of Rice´s & Mersy´s brigades, together with the timely placement of artillery at the apex, on a commanding hill, resolved a critical situation brought about by the absence of cavalry on the left & rear of McPherson´s Army of the Tennessee.
044-48 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.