20th Georgia Infantry Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 55.271 W 085° 15.758
16S E 658697 N 3865680
The 20th Georgia Infantry marker is located on Poe Road (one way) near driving tour stop 3, Chickamauga National Battlefield. The marker is along a wooded path behind the line of markers to the union forces.
Waymark Code: WMDYH9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2012
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This marker is dedicated to 20th Georgia Infantry and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is one of two markers to 20th Georgia Infantry on the battlefield. It marks their location at noon on Sept. 20, 1863.
Infantry
Text:
C.S.A.
Georgia
20th Infantry
Col. J. D. Waddell.
Benning’s Brigade.
Law’s Hood’s Division.
Noon, Sept. 20, 1863
From a nearby marker:
Benning’s Brigade |
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Hood’s Division, | Longstreet’s Corps. |
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning. |
Sept. 20, 1863, 11:30 A.M. |
| 2d Georgia | Maj. W. W. Charlton. |
| 15th Georgia, | Maj. P. J. Shannon.. |
| 17th Georgia | Lieut. Col. Charles W. Matthews. |
| 20th Georgia, | Col. J. D. Waddell. |
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This brigade being the right of the second line of the Division advanced about 11:15 A.M. from low ground beyond the first crest east of this point and attacked Brannan’s Division which was forced to the rear. The Brigade capturing four pieces of artillery followed until the Division was checked by a portion of Wood’s troops formed on the high ground in the north end of the Dyer field. At that point McLaws’ Division which had followed in the track of Hood’s passed to the front and engaged Wood’s line. Benning’s Brigade remained in the forest east of Dyer’s Field.
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From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-1307 |
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LCS ID: |
008860 |
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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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 rock-faced, peaked-top granite slab, 4'6" wide x 6' high x 1'8" thick, that carries an inscription, with a cartridge box carved in relief above it. Marks unit's position on September 20, 1863, at 12:00 noon.
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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Granite
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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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1899
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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
4. Ancestry.com -
20th Regt., Ga. Volunteer 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.