The last redleg in our family was ggg grandfather Capt. S.H. Dent, commanding Dent's Alabama Battery, Hindman's Div., Breckenridge's Corps, under "that S.O.B. Bragg" at Chickamauga.
He didn't have much time to fire salutes . . . his unit pulled their 6 lb. Napoleons up Snodgrass Hill by hand because it was too steep for the horses. (My horse made it, but she wasn't dragging any field artillery.)
Robertson's (Dent's) Artillery Battery
The nature of the ground over which the battle was fought did not admit of the free use of artillery, but Dent's battery, which was attached to my brigade, followed it closely during the morning attack, firing, however, only a few shots, but in the afternoon rendered signal service, fighting at the time with other commands on my right. But the officers deserve special mention for their conduct.