75th Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
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This marker to the 75th Indiana Infantry Regiment is located along a wooded path, north of Brothenton Rd and east of Lafayette Rd in the Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
Waymark Code: WMDMZ2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/02/2012
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This marker for the
75th Regiment Indiana Infantry is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. It marker the position of the 75th at 3 p.m. on September 19, 1863. This is one of three markers to the 75th Regiment Indiana Infantry Regiment on the battlefield. The 75th Regiment Indiana Infantry was organized at Wabash, Indiana and mustered into Federal service on August 19, 1862.
75th Indiana Infantry Marker
Text on the front of the monument:
Indiana
Seventy-Fifth Regiment Infantry
(Robinson)
Second Brigade (King)
Fourth Division (Reynolds)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Saturday, September 19th, 1863 3 P.M.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-835(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008735 |
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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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
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 east of the Brotherton House.
Material(s)
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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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Limestone
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Substructure
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Limestone
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Substructure
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Bronze
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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
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NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
75th Regiment Indiana Infantry
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.