Ok so in the interest of sharing information on this seeming little known Battle of have took the liberty of compiling some information from some of the sources I have gathered. The following comes from writings by members of Tyler's Brigade regarding Utoy Creek. I have included which Regiment the soldier who wrote these accounts belongs too...some of them vary a bit but I hope they can help paint a picture. I will do a union one later on. At the time of the Battle of Utoy Creek, Tyler's Brigade was composed of the 15/37th Tennessee Infantry which had been placed in a field consolidation since after the Battle of Stones River, 2nd (Bate's) Tennessee Infantry which at this time was typically referred too as the 2nd Tennessee Confederate Infantry or just the 2nd Confederate Infantry, the 30th Tennessee Infantry, the 20th Tennessee Infantry, the 37th Georgia Infantry, and the 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. I have so far managed to find writings from each of these units about Utoy Creek with the exception of the 4th Georgia Sharpshooters.
37th Tennessee Infantry
The fighting was heavy every day and night till the 6th of August, when the enemy charged the picket line of our Division, and after a very stubborn fight, in which we lost but little, they were driven back. The 37th Tennessee was confronted by the 8th Tennessee Federal and killed, wounded and captured nearly all of them.
30th Tennessee Infantry
The 8th, there was a heavy fight on the left. We drove the enemy and got 1,000 prisoners and a pair of guns.
2nd Tennessee (Bate’s) Infantry/ 2nd Tennessee Confederate Infantry
Bate’s Division was massed in the skirmish pits on the extreme left and met Schofield who expected to run over a mere skirmish line. Gen Bate thus ambushed Schofield’s Corps and inflicted on them a heavy loss. I find no history giving Gen Bate’s proper credit for this. My Regiment there faced the 8th Tennessee Federal Infantry and permit me to say here, we met gallant foemen. They stood with no protection save the few forest trees, like Tennesseeans, in the face of a withering fire until they realized that to stay longer meant annihilation. Then they sullenly fell back firing on us as they retreated.
I am not sure if this this next paragraph is Utoy Creek or not but is appears directly after the last one and sounds like it could be Utoy Creek.
In our next Battle, which if I mistake not, immediately to the right of the Midway Plaisance at the Exposition, we witnessed the bravest Federal Charge that I saw during the war. We were in rifle pits on the bluff with a stream 50 yards in our front. The Federals raked us from the right and from the left with numerous batteries, and then came the infantry. In a solid line they sprang into the water, waist deep, and climbing the bank, rushed our pits. Then we had orders to quit. We left without an introduction and never knew who our visitors were. But we will always say they were the best Federals we ever faced. The Regiment lost more that day in captures than any other Regiment.
20th Tennessee Infantry
On the fifth of this month we, our brigade were placed in position in front of the lines, as a trap for the Yankees. We were at work nearly all night arranging our trap…..
Saturday the 6th, the Yankee’s thinking we were only skirmishers at daylight, attacked us. They were considerably worsened, and left in a hurry. About 12 o’clock, they came up in force and hurled their columns against our little brigade. They were met gallantly and after a fierce struggle, almost breast to breast, the enemy fled leaving the ground covered with their dead and wounded. We secured over a hundred stand of arms, thirty prisoners, and two stand of colors, belonging to the 8th Tenn. regt. and 12th (112th) Ohio. Our victory was complete, and the brigade was complimented in General Orders by our Corps commander S. D. Lee.
The 7th was consumed in skirmishing and in returning to the main lines, having only a few men in our former position. One of the men killed a wounded federal this day, by mistake.
37th Georgia Infantry
August 1st 1864 We moved to the left on the Sandtown Road.
August 2nd and 3rd Moved to the right one mile and back to the
Sandtown Road. Heavy fighting today.
August 6th Our division was in a considerable fight today, killing,
wounding and taking prisoners a good many, our Losses was light. W. M
Perry was killed and D. R. Mosely better known as Dick was wounded
August 7th 1864 Very heavy picket fighting today.
August 10th General Bates was wounded today in the leg by riding in
too far.