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 Culpeper’s South Carolina Battery Tablet - Chickamauga National Battlefield Posted by:  Lat34North
N 34° 55.291 W 085° 15.618
16S E 658910 N 3865720
This plaque to Culpeper’s South Carolina Battery is located at the south end of Poe's Field on the east side of Lafayette Rd, Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WME59W
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2012
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This plaque describes the actions on Culpeper’s South Carolina Battery during the Battle of Chickamauga fought September 19–20, 1863. Culpeper’s South Carolina Battery was commanded by Captain James F. Culpeper and consisted 1 Napoleons and 2 12 PDR Howitzers. The lettering on the plaque is red indicating that Culpeper’s South Carolina Battery was a Confederate battery.
| Culpeper’s South Carolina Battery |
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| 1 Napoleon, 2 12 PDR Howitzers |
| McNair’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division, Hood’s Corps |
| September 20, 1863 |
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| | Capt. James F. Culpeper, Commanding. | |
| | 1st Lieut. J.L.S. Dove. | |
| | 1st Lieut. J.L. Moses. | |
| | 2d Lieut. Henry J. Ham. | |
| | 2d Lieut. Perry Moses. | |
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In the morning the battery was in position on the right of the brigade on a ridge southeast of here. When the enemy advanced about 10:30 P.M., the battery opened fire, aiding in repulsing the attack. In the general advance about 11 A.M., the battery came in position near and north of the Brotherton House and opened fire on the enemy over the heads of the advancing Confederates. About noon it again came into action in the southwest corner of the Poe Field, aiding in forcing the enemy back on Snodgrass Ridge, and later in the day by order of Gen. Longstreet came into action on this ground and opened on the enemy who was crossing the road from his left to his right and continued to fire doing fine execution, till Gen. Stewart's Division in its advanced intervened. The battery fired from this position 250 rounds.
Casualties of the battle: 5 severely and 9 slightly wounded.
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