Deas’ Brigade Plaque - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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The Deas’ Brigade Plaque located on a path near Snodgrass Hill, on Vittetoe Road in the Chickamauga National Battlefield. It markers their location on Sept 20, 1863.
Waymark Code: WMNZAN
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2015
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This plaque is dedicated to Deas’ Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Zach C. Deas in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The plaque describes the action on Sept. 20, 1863 at 4:30 pm. This is one of four monuments to Deas’ Brigade on the battlefield.
Text on the plaque reads:
Deas’ Brigade.
Hindman’s Division – Polk’s Corps.
Brig. Gen. Zach C. Deas.
Sept. 20, 1863, 4:30 P. M.
| 19th Alabama | Col. Samuel K. McSpadden. |
| 22nd Alabama | Capt. Henry T. Toulmin. |
| 25th Alabama | Col. George D. Johnston. |
| 39th Alabama | Col. Whitfield Clark. |
| 50th Alabama | Col. J. G. Coltart. |
| 17th Alabama Battalion Sharpshooter | Capt. Jas. F. Nabers. |
| Dent’s (Alabama) Battery | Capt. S. H. Dent. |
About 4 o’clock P.M. this brigade formed in the ravine west of the Vittetoe house on the left of Manigualt’s brigade, and assaulted the spur in its front. The left of the line reached this position, but the whole line was eventually driven back to the base of the hill, from which it again advanced and found that the enemy had retired.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1146. |
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Structure Number: |
HS-Batch-3. |
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LCS ID: |
091615 |
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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10/26/1998
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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 metal markers and tablets contribute to the national significance of the park under NR criterion A as part of the War Department's efforts to mark and commemorate places of significant action during the battles.
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Short Physical Description
Approximately 700 metal position and descriptive markers with raised lettering. Union marker text painted blue; Confederate marker text painted red.
Long Physical Description
Most of these tablets and plaques have integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmenship, feeling, and association to the historically significant period of Commemorative/Park Developement (1895-1899).
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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Iron
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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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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CE
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War Department
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My Sources
1. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
2. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Confederate Order of Battle
3. CWBFM -
Deas’ Brigade 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.