John Ingram - Chickamauga NBP - Ft. Oglethorpe, GA
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Grave of John Ingram, killed during the Battle of Chickamauga. This single grave is located on Alexander Bridge Rd, north of Brotherton Rd. in the Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMBPMQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2011
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From the headstone:
In memory
Of
John Ingram
Private Co., K
1st Confederate Regt.
GA. Vols
Killed
Sept 19, 1863
From the Interpretative Sign located near the grave:
The cost of Chickamauga
More than 4000 soldiers lost their lives at Chickamauga
The short path ahead leads to the grave of a loan Confederate. Pvt. John Andrew Ingraham was a local man, one of many who join the Confederate Army. He was killed at midday on September 19 in heavy fighting that claimed the lives of more than 2600 other Confederates. After the battle, friends searched for him, down his body, and buried it here.
Chickamauga was by far the bloodiest battle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Of the 124,000 men engaged, 30% were listed as casualties,. The number killed, wounded, or reported missing in actions exceeded 37,000. The scope of the tragedy is difficult to comprehend.
Confederate dead were buried in mass graves on the battlefield, but were later moved. Many of the Union dead lay on the ground for three months until Union troops recaptured the area and remove the bodies to what would later become a National Cemetery in Chattanooga.
Casualties at Chickamauga
Union - Of 58,000 engaged
Killed 1,656
Wounded 9,749
Missing 4,774
Total 16,179
Confederate - Of 66,000 engaged
Killed 2,673
Wounded 16,274
Missing 2,003
Total 20,950
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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