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 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery C, Tablet - Chickamauga National Battlefield Posted by:  Lat34North
N 34° 55.998 W 085° 14.613
16S E 660417 N 3867054
This plaque to the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery C, is located on a path that is to the west of Reed's Bridge Road.
Waymark Code: WMN3EX
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2014
Views: 2
This plaque is dedicated to the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery C, commanded by 1st Lieut. Marco B. Gary recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The plaque describes the action on Sept. 19, 1863. This is one of three monuments to 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery C, on the battlefield.
To reach the tablet:
Parking is available on Reed's Bridge Road at N 34° 56.3187 W 85° 14.4831.
Park on Reed’s Bridge road. Follow the path on the west side of the road. Pass the marker to the 35th Ohio and then take the trail to the left (SE) to the plaque. You will pass the red plaque for Dibrell's Brigade.
Text on the first plaque reads:
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Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery.
4 James, 2 Napoleons.
Croxton’s Brigade, Brannan’s Division, Thomas’ Corps.
September 19, 1863.
| 1st Lieut. Marco B. Gary, Commanding. |
| 1st Lieut. Hiram W. Turner. |
| 2d Lieut. Thomas King. |
| 2d Lieut. Jerome B. Stephens. |
After and all nights march from the vicinity of Morgan’s Ford on the Chickamauga via Crawfish Springs, the battery with its Brigade arrived at Kelly’s House soon after daylight, and about 7 A.M. moved in the second line of the Brigade to the front and took position in a small open field. The infantry moving to the front into the timber, engaged the enemy who was in heavy force. Twenty minutes later the battery moved to the front, but finding the infantry already falling back, it came into position on this ground and threw a few shells at a high elevation for effect only. Three successive times during the day the battery was ordered into position in the face of the enemy, and each time, the infantry being driven back, was ordered to the rear. About 4 P.M. the battery followed the Brigade to the right and bivouacked for the night in Dyer field. Casualties for the day: 1 man severely wounded, 1 horse killed.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-921. |
My Sources
1. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
2. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
3. CWBFM - Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
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.
Group that erected the marker: Unknown
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Reed's Bridge Road
Chickamauga National Battlefield
Fort Oglethorpe, GA USA
30742
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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