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Enter the Yellow Trail and go north on a wide, grassy path for a good stretch, passing the monument for Brig. Gen. James Deshler, who fell at noon on September 20, 1863. Two years earlier, Deshler had been shot in both thighs during the battle of Allegheny Mountain in West Virginia, but he recovered. It took an artillery shell to kill him at Chickamauga, and he was hit while inspecting his brigade before an attack.

From Deshler’s monument, continue north, cross Battle Line Road and look northwest for the cannonball monument resting at the near edge of Kelly Field (Waypoint 3). Here, Union Col. Edward A. King, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the Union’s 4th Division, was wounded, and he died two days later. From King’s monument, go back to Battle Line Road, turn right (south), and enter the White Trail. You will reach a four-way trail junction, and go straight to take the Blue Trail.

At 5 miles, turn right onto Viniard Road, traveling northwest, and cross LaFayette Road. Some of the fiercest fighting took place in this area on September 19—Union Col. John T. Wilder said that men “fell in heaps.” From here, turn right and walk north on Lafayette Road. Immediately to the left downhill is the monument for Union Col. Hans C. Heg, who was born in Norway and immigrated to America with his family in 1840. He died here after he was shot in the abdomen (Waypoint 4). From Heg’s monument, walk back toward the road and turn left onto the Yellow Trail.