Brannan’s Division Plaque - Chickamauga National Battlefield, GA, USA - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

This plaque is dedicated to Brannan’s Division in 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 six plaques to Brannan’s Division on the battlefield.



Text on the first plaque reads:

Brannan’s Division Thomas’ Corps.
Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan.
Sept. 19, 1863.

1st Brigade - Col. John M. Connell.

2nd Brigade - Col. John T. Croxton.

3rd Brigade - Col. Ferdinand Van Derveer.

Brannan’s division, after advancing from the Lafayette road at McDonald’s, became heavily engaged in this vicinity between 7 and 8 A.M. with Forrest’s Calvary dismounted. Croxton’s Brigade went into action on the next road to the right, and a quarter of a mile near Jay’s Mill. Van Derveer’s brigade became hotly engaged on this ground about 8 o’clock, advancing several hundred yards in a southeasterly direction. Connell’s Brigade acted as a support both to Croxton and Van Derveer. Croxton was the first driven back, but soon regained and held his ground. About 9 A.M Baird’s Division reached the right of Brannan, NS relieved the pressure at that point. Baird was, however, struck in flank by Liddell’s Division, and Baird’s .

---

From the NRHP nomination form:

Structure Number:

MT-494.

---

My Sources
1. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
2. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Federal Order of Battle
3. CWBFM - Brannan’s Division Plaque

---

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

Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the marker, preferably including yourself or your GPSr in the photo. A very detailed description of your visit may be substituted for a photo. In any case please provide a description of your visit. A description of only "Visited" or "Saw it while on vacation" by anyone other than the person creating the waymark may be deleted by the waymark owner or the category officers.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log   04/06/2011 Lat34North visited it