2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
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N 34° 55.997 W 085° 15.328
16S E 659329 N 3867033
This marble small marker is located near the 15th US Regular Monument at Stop 2 on the Chickamauga National Military Park Auto Tour. It is the closest Tennessee marker to the parking lot.
Waymark Code: WMMQPV
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2014
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2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (C. S. A.), has this marker plus one other on the Chickamauga Battlefield. After July 31, 1863, now in temporary consolidation with the 3rd Confederate Infantry, it is listed in Lieutenant General D. H. Hill's Corps, Cleburne's Division, Polk's Brigade, which now consisted of the 1st Arkansas, 3rd and 5th Confederate (Colonel 3. A. Smith commanding), 2nd (Robison's), 35th, and 48th (Nixon's) Tennessee Infantry Regiments, and Calvert's Arkansas Battery. It continued in this brigade until July 31, 1864, taking part in the Battles of Chickamanga, (after which Lieutenant General William 3. Hardee was in command of the corps), Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, and Taylor's Ridge, where Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Cole was seriously wounded.
Text on the front of the marker:
TENNESSEE
2nd REGT. INFTY
POLK'S BRIGADE
CLEBURNE'S DIV.
Before sundown
Sept. 20, 1863
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1377 |
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LCS ID: |
003166 |
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
1'6" wide x 1' deep x 3' high, the marker is a rectangular block of smooth-faced Tennessee gray marble inscribed on the front. Marks the unit's position on September 20, 1863, before sundown.
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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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Marble
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Construction Period:
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Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
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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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1898
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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. Tennessee GenWeb on 2nd Tennessee -
2nd Tennessee Volunter Infantry Regiment (CSA)
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.