16th United States Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Military Park
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N 34° 56.004 W 085° 15.335
16S E 659318 N 3867046
This granite and limestone Memorial is located near stop 2 on the Alexander Bridge Road in the Chickamauga National Military Park.
Waymark Code: WMMQ5J
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2014
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16th United States Infantry, has this one monument on the Chickamauga Battlefield. The regiment took part in some of the hardest-fought battles of the war, including Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Wilderness, and Petersburg. They took significant losses during Gettysburg from a position between the Wheatfield and Devil's Den. Two battalions took part in the battle of Stones River under Maj. Adam J. Slemmer. (also Chickamauga)
Following the Civil War the 16th took part in the reconstruction of the south and then performed duty on the frontier-the Indian Wars.
Text on the front of the marker:
artwork of kneeling soldier behind log wall
16th U.S. INFTY
Text on the rear of the marker:
IN MEMORY OF
THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN
OF THE 16TH U. S. INFANTRY
WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED
OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON THIS FIELD
SEPTEMBER 19 and 20 1863
STRENGTH 19 OFFICERS 289 MEN
CASUALTIES 14 OFFICERS 187 MEN
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1064A |
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LCS ID: |
003280 |
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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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
6' x 3' x 9', monument consists of rock-faced base and round-topped relief slab. Relief is of infantryman kneeling behind log breastwork in firing position with forest in background. Unit name inscribed below relief.
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Structural Component(s)
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Material(s)
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Superstructure
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Granite
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Substructure
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Limestone
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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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1893
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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 -
16th U. S. Infantry Regiment
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.
Thanks to Lat34North for the html formatting.