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 Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park Posted by:  Lat34North
N 34° 54.631 W 085° 16.206
16S E 658036 N 3864485
This marker to the Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Marker is located in Glenn Field near the activities field parking area on Glen-Kelly Rd in the Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
Waymark Code: WMDW50
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/29/2012
Views: 2
This monument for the Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery is in recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is one of two markers to Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery on the battlefield. The Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery was organized St. Louis, Missouri from the 1st Missouri Infantry, and mustered into Federal service on September 1, 1861.
Text on the front of the monument:
Battery G.
1st. Ohio L.A.,
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps.
Text on the rear of the monument:
This battery, Capt Alexander
Marshall commanding, occupied this
Position from about 5:30 P.M. on the 19th
Till about 9:00 A.M. on the 20th of Sept.
1863, but was not engaged. It then
Moved to the left and rear taking
Several positions upon the hills in the
Woods, as ordered by Gen’l Negley.
From one of these positions it fired
About 50 rounds. Bout 1:00 P.M. it
Moved to Rossville under order
Of the division commander.
My Sources
1. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
2. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
3. Wikipedia - Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery
Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link]
List if there are any visiting hours:
Sunrsie to sunset
Entrance fees (if it applies): 0.00
Type of memorial: Monument
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