87th Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
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This marker for the 87th Indiana Infantry Regiment, is located on the east side Layfette Rd. close to the north end of Kelly’s Field in the Chickamauga NBP.
Waymark Code: WMD5G2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2011
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This monument is dedicated to the
87th Indiana Infantry Regiment , is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. It marks their position at 10:00 A.M. on Sept. 20, 1863
during the battle.
Text:
Indiana
Eighty-Seventh Regiment Infantry
(Gleason)
Third Brigade (Vanderveer)
Third Division (Brannan)
Fourteenth Corps (Thomas)
Sunday, September 20th, 1863, 10 A.M.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-849(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008719 |
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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07/25/1986
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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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Marker contributes to national significance of park under NR Criterion A because it represents national movement among veterans & related groups to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
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Short Physical Description
This standard Indiana regimental marker consists of a 4' x 4' x 4'8" high rock-faced oolitic stone block with a peaked top and a 12" x 18" bronze plaque affixed to its front. Marks regiment's position in nortwest corner of Kelly Field.
Material(s)
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Structural Component(s)
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Material(s)
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1.
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Substructure
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Limestone
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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3.
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Superstructure
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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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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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1898
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AD
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My Sources
1.
NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
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.