5th Wisconsin Battery - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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The 5th Wisconsin Battery monument is located on Genn-Viniard Road near driving tour stop 6, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
Waymark Code: WMAY8X
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2011
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5th Wisconsin Battery monument is a cylindrical granite block with wheels on each side, a curved bronze scroll placed over the top describes the part the battery played in the battle of Chickamauga. On the back of the monument is a bronze medallion of the State of Wisconsin seal. The monument has a three-tiered rough-edge base.
Text from the monument:
5th Wisconsin Battery
1st brigade, 1st Division, 20th Corps.
This battery, Capt. George Q. Gardner commanding, attached to Post’s Brigade was detailed to cover the withdrawal of the trains from Stevens’ Gap to Crawfish Springs and thence to Chattanooga. Upon reaching the foot of Lookout Mountain it met an attack which was repulsed by the free use of canister. It was one of the last commands to cross Chickamauga Creek.
TITLE: 5th Wisconsin Battery Monumen
ARTIST(S): Contractor:Anderson Granite Company
DATE: 1895
MEDIUM: mixed: Sculpture: granite and bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000640
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
on Genn-Viniard Road near driving tour stop 6, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
No differences noted.
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