15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 54.954 W 085° 16.314
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This monument to the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Monument is located in Dyer Field. Parking is available at the intersection of Dyer Rd and Chickamauga-Vittatoe Rd. Paths lead from either road to the monument near the tree line.
Waymark Code: WMDPZE
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2012
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This monument to the
15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This monument indicated the position of the 15th on Sunday morning September 20, 1863, at 11 o'clock.
Description:
Bronze bas-relief of mounted cavalryman set into rough-edged granite marker. The soldier is in uniform, with hat and a mustache. He holds his rifle aloft. The rains lay on the houses neck. He wears a sword and a bedroll is attached behind his saddle.
Above the plaque is a rectangular State of Pennsylvania seal. On the rear of the marker is a rectangular plaque with cavalry implements and a large "P" in relief, with an inscription plaque below it. The marker is two-tiered, rough-cut base.
Text on the front of the monument:
15th
Pennsylvania
“Anderson”
Cavalry
Department Headquarters
Text on the rear of the monument:
This regiment under command of Colonel William J. Palmer was attached to department headquarters and was on duty in detachments on nearly all parts of the field of battle. With General Rosecrans the command moved from the widow Glenns and was concentrated at and occupied this position on Sunday morning September 20, 1863, at 11 o'clock.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1046(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
003142 |
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
9' x 6' x 16' high, monument consists of bronze relief sculpture of cavalryman on horse mounted on simple rock-faced vertical slab, which rests on slab base. Inscription and bronze state coat of arms appear on vertical slab.
Long Physical Description
Monument located within the Chickamauga Battlefield on the ridge in South Dyer Field, map site #185.
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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Bronze
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Superstructure
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Granite
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3.
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Substructure
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Limestone
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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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1895
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AD
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Hastings, W. Granville
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Sculptor
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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 -
15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
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.