3rd Ohio Cavalry Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield, GA
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The 3rd Ohio Cavalry Monument is located on Genn-Viniard / Vittetoe Chickamauga Road near driving tour stop 6, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park. The monuments to the 1st, 3rd and 4th Ohio Cavalry Monument are located close to each other.
Waymark Code: WMAYAQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2011
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The 3rd Ohio Cavalry monument depicts a Cavalryman on horseback charging, his left hand holds the reins. He holds his sword in his right hand which is extended forward, blade curving downward. His head is turned as he looks back over his left shoulder. A plaque on the rear of the monument description the actions of the 3rd during the Chickamauga Campaign.
Text on front:
3rd Ohio Cavalry
Long’s Brigade Crook’s Division
Cavalry Corps.
Plaque on the rear of the monument:
This regiment Lt. Col. Charles B. Seidel commanding, crossed the Tennessee River in Bridgeport, Sept. 2nd, 1863. Crossed Sand Mountain, Sept. 3rd, in Lookout Mountain, Sept. 9th, engaging the enemy's Calvary the same day near Alpine, and driving them toward Rome.
Sept. 13th, participated in reconnaissance towards Lafayette, developing the enemy in force. From Sept. 14th to Sept. 19th, held Dougherty’s Gap.
Sept. 19, engaged in holding fords of the Chickamauga.
Sept. 20, was engaged with the enemy's Calvary and infantry, near Crawfish Springs, guarding trains.
Loss in campaign 17.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1894
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
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