2nd Ohio Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Military Park
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N 34° 55.979 W 085° 15.325
16S E 659334 N 3867000
This granite and limestone Memorial is located near stop 2 on the Alexander Bridge Road in the Chickamauga National Military Park.
Waymark Code: WMMQZM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2014
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2nd Ohio Infantry, has this one monument and one other marker on the Chickamauga Battlefield. In the early autumn, the 2nd Ohio Regiment participated in the Chickamauga Campaign and the subsequent Battle of Chattanooga. Chickamauga in particular was hard on the regiment, with 183 soldiers killed, wounded, or captured, and 36 men who were taken as prisoners of war later died in the infamous Andersonville prison camp.
Text on the front of the marker:
statue of large acorn with the State Seal of Ohio below.
The seal has had flags and a cannon added.
2ND OHIO INFANTRY
SCRIBNER'S BRIGADE, BAIRD'S DIVISION
14th ARMY CORPS
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-950 |
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LCS ID: |
003050 |
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 6' x 8' monument has three-step base of gray granite supporting colossal brown granite sculpted acorn. Unit identification in raised letter on second step; bronze state seal on top step.
Material(s)
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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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Bronze
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2.
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Substructure
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Limestone
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Superstructure
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Granite
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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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2.
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Built
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1894
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AD
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Niehaus, C. H.
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Sculptor
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2.
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Built
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1894
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AD
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Smith Granite Co., Westerly, RI
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Architect
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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 -
2nd Ohio 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.