99th Ohio Infantry Regiment - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This monument to the 99th Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument is located on the east side of Lafayette Rd near the southern entrance to the Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMDNXF
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2012
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This marker is dedicated to the
99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 99th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Lima in Allen County, Ohio and mustered in on August 26, 1862. This monument describes the actions of the 99th on September 19th and 20th.
Description:
The main section of the marker is a smooth surfaced, pyramidal shaped marker that stands on top of three rough hewed blocks. Raised text on the front is located above a bronze relieve plaque. The plaque depicts a civiler war battle in thick woods. Some solders are firing their muskets and smoke rises from the discharge of the weapons. In the foreground an office stands with his sword in his right handed, raised pointing upwards. A nearby solders looks in the direction he is pointing. The State of Ohio seal is on the back of the monument mounted above a second bronze plague that describes the action on the 99th on September 19th and 20th.
Text on the front of the monument:
99th Ohio Infantry
Barnes’ Brigade. Van Cleve’s Division
21st Army Corps
Text on the rear of the monument:
This regiment, Colonel Peter T. Swaine commanding, moved with the brigade into action September 19, 1863, at 3:30 A.M. advancing in an easterly direction from this point, to a dense woods; was attacked by a superior force on the front and flank; after a spirited battle, lasting till near 5:30 P.M. was forced to retire, which was done in good order.
September 20, at 10:30 P.M. engaged the enemy near General Baird’s left, at the north end of Kelly's Field, maintaining position there until the Army retired to Rossville at night.
Loss, killed 3; wounded 30; captured or missing 24; total 57.
A nearby plaque describes the actions of the brigade on September 19 and 20th.
| Barnes’ Brigade |
| VanCleve’s Division Crittenden’s Corps |
| Col. Sidney M. Barnes. |
| Sept. 19, 1863, 2 P.M; |
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| 35th Indiana | Maj. John P. Dufficy |
| 8th Kentucky | Lieut. Col. James D. Mayhew |
| | Maj. John S. Clark |
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| 51st Ohio | Col. Richard W. McClain |
| 99th Ohio Col. | Petter T. Swaine |
| 3rd Wisconsin Battery | Lieut. Cortland Livingston |
The brigade arrived upon this ground from near Lee and Gordon’s Mills about 2 P.M. and at once formed line and advanced into the woods east of the Road. The line soon encountered and became heavily engaged with troops of Longstreet’s Corps. It continued to advance until it had passed the front of Carlin’s brigade, then fighting in the field east of Viniard’s. Here about 3:30 P.M. it was attacked on the right flank by Trigg’s brigade of Preston’s division and forced back to the vicinity of the Lafayette road where the and 51st and 99th Ohio formed on the right of the battery in the 8th Kentucky and 35th Indiana on the left and maintain position until 2 A.M. on the 20th. During the night the left of the line connected with Buell’s brigade.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1027(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
003128 |
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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11/24/1998
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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 the 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
On a rectangular rock-faced base is a smooth tapered slab bearing a rectangular bronze relief panel of a battlefield scene. Bronze state seal and bronze inscription tablet are affixed to rear.Dimensions are 4'11" x 3' x 8' high.
Long Physical Description
Monument is located in the southern section of the Chickamauga Battlefield along the LaFayette Road, map site #249.
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Superstructure
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Granite
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Superstructure
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Limestone
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Substructure
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Bronze
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Historic
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Built
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1894
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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 - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia - 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
5. SIRIS - 99th Ohio Infantry Regiment
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.