By now I suspect you have relooked at Cleburne' Division. My experience is with the 7th Miss. inf. Sharp's Brigade. They were part of Patton anderson's division at the time of utoy Creek. Thoug not directly involved they wer near enough to take some hits.
The following is an excerpt from my manuscript on the 7h Miss. "Lest We Forget-The Immotrtal Seventh" with excerpts from the diary of Capt. Wiliam Van davis of Co. G 30th Miss, Brantley's Brigade also Anderson's division.
"Davis was at one of the division hospitals and was receiving reports from the line.
Aug 3rd
There is no information yet found that would give us a better idea of the alignment or order of placement in the line or whether the men of Sharp’s Brigade were also near these actions. The probing attacks along the line were common. So the chances are that what to Davis was heavy skirmishing or cannonading to his left or right was a direct assault or counterattack by one of the divisions in Lee’s Corps or a regiment on advanced picket [example 27th Miss on August 3rd.]
“Enemy opened batteries on our line, some damage, took part of picket line. Capt Baugh, with 27th, retook it, some loss. Enemy took it again, our loss heavy. Got letter from Sister Lizzie, Capt Hubbard killed. I am unwell, cholic.” W.V.D 30th Miss.
Aug 4th
Slow encirclement of the city of Atlanta continued with Federals crossing Utoy Creek. Over the next several days heavy skirmishing would occur in this area.
Sometime around the 5th of August, Hood ordered the line of defenses to be extended to left of the main fortifications on the western side of Atlanta. Lee’s Corps and Gen. William Bates division of Hardee’s Corps were charged with holding the trenches that protected the Atlanta & West Point line from Atlanta to the East Point Station where the line intersected the Macon & Western Railroad.
Based on the Davis diary and reviewing of William Scaife’s map of the Battle of Utoy Creek [August 6th ], Anderson’s Division [Brantly, Sharp, Deas, and Manigault’s Brigades] was to the right of Clayton’s and Bate’s divisions after the Battle of Ezra Church on the 28th. The location of Lickskillet Road and Cascade Road (Old Sandtown Road) lead me to this conclusion.
“Thursday, 4-heavy skirmishing. Got letter from Aunt Ann, Sister Lizzie & M. V. Hughes. {Inside] traverses. Joe Brook[s] visits us [Co. F. 7th Miss. Inf.]. Letters from ______& Ally. Heavy skirmishing through the night. Worked all nig[ht] on traverses (zig-zag trenches built to allow enfilading fire from main trenches).. Rations very scanty. I am [q]uite unwell.” W.V.D 30th Miss.
Aug 5th
Davis became sick enough to require a visit to the Division hospital. While there his entries were based on news from the front line delivered by the infirmary corps as they brought in the sick and wounded as well as from those visiting the friends and relatives. Interesting too is the first mention of the “Relief Committee” who served as what today would be the Salvation Army and the Red Cross combined.
“..sick go to Divisi[on Hospt.] Relief committee f[ee]ding all in [the] rear. Wounded faring finely” W.V.D 30th Miss.
Battle of Utoy Creek
Aug 6th
"Davis described what in all probability was the action at Utoy Creek in his next entry. What he described as “Drove enemy on our left” was in fact a “Battle” to those involved.
“Am sick, fear disease is festering in my system…Drove enemy on our left.” W.V.D 30th Miss." R. Skellie, editor.Source: "Oh for Dixie!, Joe and Lavon Ashley.
Any detailsyou would like to clarify and editorialize! would be welconme.
Ron Skellie
7th Miss. Inf. History project
2285 Brandon Ct. NE
Marietta, GA 30066
"Lest We Forget-The Immortal Seventh Mississippi of the Miss. 'High Pressure' Brigade"