15th United States Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Military Park
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N 34° 56.002 W 085° 15.331
16S E 659324 N 3867042
This granite and limestone Memorial is located near stop 2 on the Alexander Bridge Road in the Chickamauga National Military Park.
Waymark Code: WMMQFM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2014
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15th United States Infantry, has this one monument on the Chickamauga Battlefield. The current 15th Infantry was activated during the Civil War on 3 May 1861 by General Order No. 33 with its headquarters first in Wheeling, West Virginia then Cleveland, Ohio, then on to Newport Barracks, Kentucky and finally ending up in Fort Adams, Rhode Island. At the Battle of Shiloh on 7 April 1862, the 15th Infantry was the first new infantry regiment to engage in battle in the Civil War. In April–May 1862, the regiment marched toward and fought in the First Battle of Corinth, Mississippi. By the end of the Civil War, the regiment had fought in 22 major engagements, including Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, and Atlanta as a part of BG King's Brigade of Johnston's Division, XIV Army Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. The regiment was a key element of the only regular brigade in Sherman's Army. The regiment's crest includes the acorn, the symbol of the Major General George Thomas's XIV Corps, and the mountains of stone to symbolize the corps' firm stand as the "Rock of Chickamauga". The four acorns represent the four major engagements.
Following the Civil War the 15th 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 prone soldier behind log wall with the forest in the background
15th U.S. INFTY
Text on the rear of the marker:
IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN
THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN
OF THE FIFTEENTH 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 262 MEN - CASUALTIES 8 OFFICERS 168 MEN
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1064 |
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LCS ID: |
003279 |
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
10' x 3' x 6', monument consists of a relief carving of a prone infantryman firing from behind a low log parapet with a forest in background. Unit designation is inscribed below the carving. Limestone foundation is exposed.
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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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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 -
15th 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.