24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield, Ft Oglethorpe, GA
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This monument to the 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment is located near the activities field on Glen-Kelly Rd in the Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
Waymark Code: WMBHH6
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2011
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A uniformed Civil War soldier stands loading his rifle, his left foot is slightly forward of his right. He holds the rifle, now missing, with his left hand at waist level. His upraised right hand originally held a ramrod, now missing. The soldier has a moustache and wears a brimmed hat, and has a pouch on his right hip, the letters US appear on the pouch and on his belt buckle. The soldier is mounted upon a sloping base decorated with a star on the top of each face. On one side of the base is a medallion with the State of Wisconsin seal. The bottom tier of the base is rough-edged.
Text on the front of the monument:
24th
Wisconsin Infantry.
Lytle’s Brigade
Sheridan’s Division
McCook’s Corps
Wikipedia -
24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
TITLE: 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Monument
ARTIST(S): Anderson Granite Company, contractor
DATE: 1895
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: pink granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000636
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
near the activities field on Glen-Kelly Rd in the Chickamauga National Battlefield Park, Ft Oglethorpe, GA.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The rilfe is now missing.
"A sheathed sword is on his proper left hip" There is no sword on his left hip.
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