Tour Stop #6: Lightning Strikes

Pvt. John Munson of the 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry astride his mount holding his Spencer rifle.

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Quick Facts

Location:

Chickamauga Battlefield

US Colonel John T. Wilder's brigade of mounted infantry, armed with Spencer repeating rifles, halted a portion of the attacking Confederates. The "Lightning Brigade" had the only US success on this part of the Battlefield.