Alabama State Monument - Chickamauga National Military Park
Posted by: 
iconions
N 34° 55.471 W 085° 15.423
16S E 659201 N 3866058
This 32 foot obelisk is located on the east side of Battleline Road. The closeset intersection is the LaFayette Road.
Waymark Code: WMMR7V
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2014
Views: 8
Text on the front of the marker:
IN TENDER MEMORY OF
ALABAMA SOLDIERS
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL ON
CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD.
THIS SHAFT SHALL POINT TO
THOSE EXCITING SCENES AND
VISIONS LONG SINCE FLOWN.
FOR MEMORY IS THE ONLY
FRIEND THAT GRIEF CAN
CALL ITS OWN.
The other sides of the monument feature crossed muskets with attached bayonets with a central wreath, crossed ramrods with central bunting, and cavalry sabers with a central wreath. Each corner features an upright cannon barrel. Along the base, the words: "Alabama" "Sept. 19-20, 1863" "Montgomery" and "Here We Rest" are inscribed.
From the NRHP nomination form:
| |
Structure Number: |
MT-1239 |
| |
LCS ID: |
008714 |
Historical Significance:
| |
National Register Status:
|
Entered - Documented
|
| |
National Register Date:
|
11/24/1998
|
| |
National Historic Landmark?: |
No
|
| |
Significance Level:
|
Contributing
|
| |
Short Significance Description:
|
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.
|
Short Physical Description
32'6" high monument consists of two-step base measuring 7' square and a pedestal with four carved stone cannon tubes at the corners that supports an obelisk with a single carved band. Inscriptions adorn the pedestal.
Material(s)
|
|
Structural Component(s)
|
Material(s)
|
1.
|
Superstructure
|
Granite
|
2.
|
Substructure
|
Limestone
|
|
Construction Period:
|
Historic
|
Chronology:
|
|
Physical Event
|
Begin Year
|
Begin Year AD/BC
|
End Year
|
End Year AD/BC
|
Designer
|
Designer Occupation
|
1.
|
Built
|
1913
|
AD
|
|
|
Cozant, Tocoa & Betts, E. E.
|
Architect
|
|
My Sources
1.
NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
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.