Chickamauga battlefield7/20/2023 Portions of the 10th and 4th Kentucky, and 14th Ohio rallied here. Croxton having been wounded, Colonel Hayes succeeded to the command. While Harker’s brigade was holding the head of Longstreet’s column in check in the northern extremity of the Dyer field, portions of Croxton’s and Connell’s brigades were forming on this line, they having been driven from the Poe farm by Longstreet’s command. Text on the plaque reads: Croxton’s Brigade This is one of eight monuments to Croxton’s Brigade on the battlefield. Hays in recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This plaque is dedicated to Croxton’s Brigade, commanded by Col.
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