15th Georgia Infantry Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
Posted by: Lat34North
N 34° 54.270 W 085° 15.648
16S E 658897 N 3863832
This marker to the 15th Georgia Infantry is located along a wooded path running parallel to the east side of Lafayette Rd, north of Vinyard-Alexander Rd in the Chickamauga National Battlefield. You can access the path from either road.
Waymark Code: WMDJYP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2012
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This marker to the 15th 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 15th Georgia on the battlefield.
Text on the front of the marker:
CSA
Georgia
15th Infantry
Col. Dudley M. Du Bose
Maj. P. J. Shannon
Benning’s Brigade
Law’s Hood’s Division
4 P.M. Sept. 19, 1863
Hood’s division was part of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet’s Corp. The two divisions of Longsteets Corp were moved by train from the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia to Chickamauga in order to achieving a period of numerical superiority and gaining decisive results.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1303(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008880 |
Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
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Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
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07/25/1986
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National Historic Landmark?: |
No
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Significance Level:
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Contributing
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Short Significance Description:
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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.
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Short Physical Description
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)
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Structural Component(s)
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Material(s)
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1.
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Superstructure
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Granite
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Construction Period:
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Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
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Begin Year
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Begin Year AD/BC
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End Year
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End Year AD/BC
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Designer
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Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1898
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AD
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1899
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AD
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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.