20th Georgia Infantry Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 34° 54.298 W 085° 15.679
16S E 658849 N 3863883
This marker to the 20th Georgia Infantry is located at the edge of the clearing on the east side of Lafayette Rd, north of Vinyard-Alexander Rd in the Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMDJVR
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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This marker to the 20th Georgia Infantry, is in recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. It marks their postion on Saturday, September 19, 1863 at 4:00 P.M. This is one of two markers to the 20th Georgia on the battlefield.




Text on the front of the marker:
CSA

Georgia
20th Infantry
Col. J. D. Waddell
Benning’s Brigade
Law’s Hood’s Division
4 P.M. Sept. 19, 1863



From the NRHP nomination form:

  Structure Number: MT-1308(see note)
  LCS ID: 008869



Historical Significance:

  National Register Status:
 Entered - Documented
  National Register Date:
 07/25/1986
  National Historic Landmark?: No
  Significance Level:
 Contributing
 

Short Significance Description:

 Marker contributes to national significance of park under NR Criterion A because it represents national movement among veterans & related groups to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
Short Physical Description

A rock-faced, peaked-top granite slab, 4'6" wide x 6' high x 1'8" thick, that carries an inscription, with a cartridge box carved in relief above it. Marks unit's position on September 19, 1863, at 4:00 p.m.



Material(s)   
 
 Structural Component(s)
 Material(s)
1. 
 Superstructure
 Granite
Construction Period:
 Historic
Chronology:   
 
 Physical Event
 Begin Year
 Begin Year AD/BC
 End Year
 End Year AD/BC
 Designer
 Designer Occupation
1. 
 Built
 1898
 AD
 1899
AD
 
 

My Sources
1. NRHP
2. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Confederate Order of Battle
Note
Trailhead Graphics, Inc. has produced a map of the Chickamauga Battlefield showing the locations of all of the monuments and the markers on the battlefield. Each location on the map has a number associated with it that cross-references to an index on the back of the map that has the name of the marker (called the Chick-Chatt NMP monument numbering system). This number corresponds to the structure Number listed on the NPS List of Classified Structures that is normally prefixed with the letters MT for the Chickamauga Battlefield.

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Sunrsie to sunset

Entrance fees (if it applies): 0.00

Type of memorial: Monument
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