Baxter's Tennessee Battery
W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.
Baxter's Tennessee Battery
4 - 3 inch rifles
W.W. Carnes' Artillery Battalion.
Stevenson's Division.
Capt. Edmund D. Baxter, Commanding.
November 25th, 1863, 2 P.M.
The battery, with its battalion, withdrew from its position west of Chattanooga Creek during the night of the 24th, and under the direction of General Hardee came into action on the crest of the elevation in rear of this position about 10 A.M. of the 25th, engaging a battery of the enemy, located in the edge of a clearing, northwest of this ground, and about 2 P.M. enfiladed the Federal lines assaulting Tunnel Hill; and continued the action till the effort to possess that point was abandoned.
At 7:30 P.M. the battery retired with its battalion and division under orders across the Chickamauga.
No losses reported.
Marker is on North Crest Road south of Woolson Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
