Baird's Division, Palmer's Corps
Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird.
Baird's Division, Palmer's Corps
Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
1st Brigade, Brig. Gen. John B. Turchin.
2nd Brigade, Col. Ferdinand Van Derveer.
3rd Brigade, Col. E. H. Phelps.
3rd Brigade, Col. William H. Hayes
On the 23rg of November this division supported the right of Granger's corps in its advance on Orchard Knob. At 11 a.m. Nov. 25th it was ordered to General Sherman and reported to him near Tunnel Hill thence it returned immediately to the center and formed on the left of Wood's division of Granger's corps. At 3:15 it advanced against Missionary Ridge being the left of the assaulting line. Phelp's bridge was on the left Van Derveer in the center and Turchin on the right. It carried the earthworks at the foot of the ridge reformed its lines in them and thence charged to the summit the center of the division reached the crest at this point.
Marker is on North Crest Road north of Brown Wood Drive, on the left when traveling north.
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