Bledsoe's C.S.A. Missouri Battery Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
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N 34° 55.173 W 085° 15.872
16S E 658527 N 3865496
This marker to Bledsoe's Missouri Battery, C.S.A., is located across from Dyer Field, along a wooded path east of Glen-Kelly Rd in the Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
Waymark Code: WMDVRG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2012
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This monument is dedicated to Bledsoe's Missouri Battery, is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is one of two markers to Bledsoe's Missouri Battery on the battlefield.
Text:
Bledsoe’s MO Battery
Lieut. R. L. Wood
Commanding
C.S.A.
Commanding;
Lieut. R. L. Wood
Gregg's Brigade - Johnson's Division - Left Wing: Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1337(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
003223 |
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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11/24/1998
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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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Monument contributes to nat'l 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
A simple 15" x 15" x 3' marble shaft with a slanting inscribed top marking unit's position during the battle.
Long Physical Description
Monument located within the Chickamauga Battlefield in woods along Glenn-Kelly Road, map site #175.
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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Marble
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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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1895
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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 - Confederate 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.