Hill's Corps (CSA) Plaque - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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The Hill's Corps (CSA) plaque is located along a wooded path off of Alexander Bridge Road. The plaque describes the action on Sept. 20, 1863 at 9 A.M.
Waymark Code: WMNA9R
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2015
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This plaque is dedicated to Hill's Corps, commanded by Lieut. Gen.
Daniel H. Hill in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The plaque describes the action on Sept. 19, 1863 at 9 A.M. This is one of two monuments to Hill's Corps on the battlefield.
To reach this monument:
Park on Alexander Bridge Road. A path runs east from near the plaques to Breckinridge’s Division (CSA) & 92nd Ohio (USA). Follow this path east. A path running north to Reed's Bridge Road will intersect this path at the Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Heim headquarters monument. Continue pasted the monument along the same path.
Text on the plaque reads:
No. 84. C
Hill’s Corps.
Lieut. Gen. Daniel H. Hill.
Sept. 20th, 1863, 9 A.M.
Cleburne’s Division – Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne.
Breckinridge’s Division – Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge.
Breckinridge’s division moved forward at 9:30 AM Helm’s brigade came and action first, striking the northeast salient of the Union log-works in front of the Kelly field. Two desperate assaults made by the brigade were repulsed, and Helm was killed. Adams’ and Stovall’s brigades of this division advanced to the Lafayette road, then wheeling to the south, with Adams on the right and Stovall on the left of the road, they penetrated some distance into the Kelly field, from which point they were repulsed and returned to a line near their original position. Cleburne’s division moved forward it 10 A.M. along the east and southeast sides of the Kelly field, and after severe fighting close to the Union lines was repulsed and withdrew to a position near that from which it had moved to the attack.
During the latter part of the afternoon a general attack on of the right wing, was ordered at 3:30 P.M. was delivered.
The Union line was in the act of withdrawing; Reynold’s division had reached the north end of the Kelly field and Palmer’s division was halfway across the Kelly field towards the Lafayette road. Johnson’s and Baird’s divisions were under heavy attack when the order to withdraw reach them. Soon after they hastily withdrew across the Kelly field to the forest west of it, here losing a considerable number of prisoners.
The Confederates followed to the Lafayette road, where they bivouacked.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-483. |
My Sources
1. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
2. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Confederate Order of Battle
3. CWBFM -
Hill's Corps Tablet
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.