19th Indiana Battery Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This marker dedicated to the 19th Indiana Battery is on a wooded path, on the west side of Layfette Rd, near Poe Rd. in the Chickamauga National Battlefield. It indicates the position of the 26th at 11:30 a.m. on September 20, 1963.
Waymark Code: WME2QH
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2012
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This marker made of limestone is dedicated to
19th Indiana Battery Light Artillery and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The unit was organized organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in August 5, 1862. This is the one of four marker to 19th Indiana Battery on the battlefield. It marks their location on Saturday, September 19th, 1863 from 12 noon until 4 P.M.
19th Indiana Battery
Text:
Indiana
Nineteenth Battery. (Harris)
Second Brigade. (King)
Fourth Division. (Reynolds)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Saturday, September 19th, 1863. 12 M to 4 P.M.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-762 |
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LCS ID: |
008737 |
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
This standard Indiana 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 battery's position at south end of Poe Field.
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Structural Component(s)
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Material(s)
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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Superstructure
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Limestone
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Substructure
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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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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 -
19th Indiana Battery Light Artillery
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.