24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Monument - Chcickamauga National Battlefield
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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: WMDVD1
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2012
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This monument to the
24th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 24th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service August 15, 1862. This is the only monument to the 24th on the battlefield.
Description of the monument
From Smithsonian Art Catalogue - 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Monument
"A full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier striking a death blow with his sword. His right hand reaches across his chest to grasp the sword from a sheath that he holds with his left hand. The sword is now missing. The soldier is in uniform and wears a hat and boots and has a mustache. He stands with his proper left foot forward. The sculpture is set upon a castellated pedestal, mounted upon a two-tiered, stepped, rough-cut base."
Text on the front of the monument:
24th
Wisconsin Infantry.
Lytle’s Brigade
Sheridan’s Division
McCook’s Corps
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1083(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
003248 |
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
5' x 5' at base and 14'8" high, the monument consists of bronze statue of soldier loading his rifle on a tapering smooth-faced pedestal, which rests on a rock-faced base. Pedestal has raised lettering and a 5-pointed star in relief.
Long Physical Description
Monument located within the Chickamauga Battlefield along Glenn-Kelly Road near the foot of Lytle Hill, map site #230.
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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Substructure
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Limestone
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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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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1890
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AD
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1899
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AD
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My Sources
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NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
5. SIRIS -
24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Monument
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.