Battery I Second Illinois Light Artillery Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This Monument to Battery I Second Illinois Light Artillery is located on the side of Reeds Bridge Road in the Chickamauga National Battlefield. It marks their location from Saturday, September 19, 1863.
Waymark Code: WMEE0Z
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2012
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This marker is dedicated to the
Battery I, 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The battery was organized at Camp Butler near Springfield, Illinois and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 31, 1861.
It marks their location on Saturday, September 19, 1863. The commander of the battery was Captain Charles M. Barnett.
Text on the front of the marker:
Illinois
Battery I, 2nd Light Artillery.
2nd brigade – Daniel McCook.
2nd Division – Morgan.
Reserve Corps – Granger.
Text on the rear of the marker:
Commanded by
Capt. Charles M. Barnett
Sept. 19th, 1863
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-662(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008967 |
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 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
A 6'4" x 3'2" x 3' high rock-faced rectangular granite block with an inscribed polished front on a 7'6" x 4'4" x 1'6" high granite base. The tops of both pieces are beveled. Marks unit's position near Peters House site.
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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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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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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 -
Battery I, 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery
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.