18th United States Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Military Park
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N 34° 55.994 W 085° 15.326
16S E 659332 N 3867027
This granite and limestone Memorial is located near stop 2 on the Alexander Bridge Road in the Chickamauga National Military Park. This is the most southern of the Regular Monuments.
Waymark Code: WMMQQC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2014
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18th United States Infantry, has this one monument on the Chickamauga Battlefield. Established with other US Regular Army Regiments in the Regular Brigade at Camp Thomas, Ohio July 1861. Participated in the Western Campaigns of the War as a part of the US XIV Army Corps Under MG George Thomas, MG John M. Palmer and MG Jefferson C. Davis.
Text on the front of the marker:
castle with Corps "Acorn" badge centered at the top.
Below the badge is an eagle, shield across the breast, wings spread, grasping oak branches.
18th U.S.
INFANTRY
3rd BRIG. 1st DIV.
14th CORPS
SEPT. 19-20, 1863
STATEMENT OF CASUALTIES
ENGAGED 587
KILLED 45
WOUNDED 187
MISSING 91
TOTAL LOSS 295
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1065 |
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LCS ID: |
003281 |
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
9' x 6' x 10', the Vermont crystal granite monument has alternating rock-faced and smooth-faced portions. Shaft contains raised-letter panels and bas-relief coat of arms. Top is machicolated and features acorn in relief.
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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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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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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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1890
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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 -
18th 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.