Hans C. Heg Memorial Shell Monument - Chickamauga National Military Park
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N 34° 54.230 W 085° 15.733
16S E 658769 N 3863756
This pyramid of cannon balls is located approximately 300 feet west of the intersection of Viniard Road and LaFayette Road. This Memorial commemorates the location where Colonel Heg was mortally wounded.
Waymark Code: WMMR8E
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2014
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Colonel Hans C. Heg, has this one monument on the Chickamauga Battlefield. Heg was born at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen in Lier, Buskerud, Norway on December 21, 1829. He was the eldest of the four children of an innkeeper. On 19 September 1863, Colonel Heg led his brigade at the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was mortally wounded. Heg "was shot through the bowels and died the next day." Upon hearing of Heg's death, Rosecrans expressed regret, saying he had intended to promote Heg to brigadier general. As it was, Colonel Heg was the highest-ranked Wisconsin soldier killed in combat during the Civil War.
pyramidal stack of cannon balls
Text on the front of the marker:
HANS C. HEG
COL. 15TH WISCONSIN
COMMANDING 3d BRIGADE,
DAVIS DIVISION.
MORTALLY WOUNDED HERE
ABOUT 4P.M. SEPT. 19, 1863
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-424 |
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LCS ID: |
003267 |
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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10/15/1966
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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 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.
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Short Physical Description
14'10" per side at base and 10' high, the monument consists of a pyramid of cannonballs set in cement & painted black, resting on a triangular molded limestone base. Attached to pyramid is a painted metal plaque identifying the site.
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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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Limestone
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Superstructure
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Concrete
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4.
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Substructure
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Limestone
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Construction Period:
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Historic
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Chronology:
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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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1893
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AD
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1895
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AD
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Rehabilited
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2008
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AD
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2008
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AD
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My Sources
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NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
Colonel Hans C. Heg.
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.