Willich's Brigade (USA) Tablet - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This plaque describes the actions of Willich’s Brigade during the battle. This plaque is located along a path that connects Brotherton Road and Battleline Road in the Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMP5HP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2015
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This plaque indicates the position of the Willich's Brigade at 1 pm on Saturday, September 19 during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The background is blue indicating the was a Federal unit. There are 8 plaques on the battlefield about Willich’s Brigade.
Wikipedia provides the following about
August Willich
"August Willich (November 19, 1810–January 22, 1878), born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a military officer in the Prussian Army and a leading early proponent of Communism in Germany. In 1847 he discarded his title of nobility. He later immigrated to the United States and became a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War."
To reach the plaque:
Park on Battleline Road near the Texas State monument. Follow the path south east of Battleline Road past the Texas Monument. The tablet for Willich's Brigade will be on the side of the path. The main path continues on to Brotherton Road.
Trail to Willich’s Brigade Plaque
Text:
Willich’s Brigade
Johnson’s Division – McCook’s Corps
Brig. Gen. August Willich
Sept. 19, 1863, 1 P.M., 1st Position
| 89th Illinois, | - Lieut. Col. Duncan J. Hall. |
| 32d Indiana | - Lieut. Col. Frank Erdelmeyer. |
| 39th Indiana | - Col. Thomas J. Harrison. (Detached) |
| 15th Ohio | - Lieut. Col. Frank Askew. |
| 49th Ohio | - Maj. Samuel F. Gray. |
| 1st Ohio Light Artillery, | |
| Battery A, Capt. Wilbur F. Goodspeed |
The brigade, with Baldwin’s on its left, and Dodge’s in reserve reached this position about 1 O’clock P.M. Sept. 19th, and became heavily engaged with troops of Cheatham’s Division. After two hours of severe fighting the enemy withdrew to the high ground beyond Winfrey House. When the contest opened Dodge’s Brigade moved up on the right. And at 3 O’clock the Union line had been advanced to the immediate vicinity of Winfrey’s.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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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).
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Structural Component(s)
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Material(s)
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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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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 -
August Willich
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
3. CWBFM -
Willich's Brigade (USA) 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.