Battery C, First Illinois Light Artillery Plaque - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This plaque to Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery is located at Viniard Field on the west side of Lafayette Rd at the Chickamauga National Battlefield. It describes their actions during the battle.
Waymark Code: WMEEEP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2012
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This plaque is dedicated to the
Battery "C", 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. Battery "C", 1st Illinois was organized at Ottawa, Illinois on October 31, 1861.
It marks their location from Saturday, September 19, 1863 at 4 p.m. until Sunday, September 19, 1863 at 4:00 a.m. The commander of the battery was Captain Mark H. Prescott.
Text:
Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery.
4 3” Rifles, 2 12 PDR. Howitzer
Bradley’s Brigade, Sheridan’s Division, McCook’s Corps.
September 19, 1863
Capt. Mark H. Prescott, Commanding
2d Lieut. Joseph R. Channel
2d Lieut. Stephen G. Grubb
This battery with its Brigade moved from Pond Spring early in the
morning, forming temporary line of battle near Crawfish Spring, and,
subsequently, near Lee and Gordon’s Mill, without becoming seriously engaged.
It reached this position about 4 P.M. The battery coming into position
on this ground, and remained till the morning of the 20th without serious
engagement or loss.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-658(see note) |
My Sources
1.
NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
Battery "C", 1st 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.