72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment Marker ~ Chickamauga Georgia - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

This marker to the 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment is in recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 72nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Lafayette, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment at Indianapolis, Indiana on August 16, 1862 under the command of Colonel Abram O. Miller. The regiment served as mounted infantry from March 17, 1863 to November 1, 1864.






Text on the front of the marker:

Indiana.
Seventy-second Regiment (Mounted)
Infantry. (Miller)
First Brigade. (Wilder)
Fourth Division. (Reynolds)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)

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From the NRHP nomination form:

	Structure Number:	MT-824
	LCS ID:	008814

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Historical Significance:

	National Register Status:	Entered - Documented
	National Register Date:	11/24/1998
	National Historic Landmark?:	No
	Significance Level:	Contributing
	Short Significance Description:	The marker contributes to the national significance of the park under NR Criterion A because it represents the national movement among veterans to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.

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Short Physical Description

This standard Indiana regimental marker consists of a 4' x 4' x 4'8" high rock-faced oolitic stone block with a peaked top and a 12" x 18" bronze plaque affixed to its front. Marks regiment's position on the north side of Glenn Hill.

Material(s)

Structural Component(s) Material(s) 1.  Substructure Limestone 2.  Superstructure Granite 3.  Substructure bronze

Construction Period:	Historic
Chronology:	Physical Event Begin Year Begin Year AD/BC End Year End Year AD/BC Designer Designer Occupation 1.  Built 1898 AD

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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 - 72nd Regiment Indiana Infantry
5. CWBFM.org - 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment Marker

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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.

Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1898 Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union Rating (1-5): Related Website: [Web Link] Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed

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