96th Illinois Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 55.657 W 085° 16.555
16S E 657471 N 3866373
The 96th Illinois Infantry Monument is located along a hiking trail at Snodgrass Hill, tour stop 8, at the Chickamauga National Battlefield. The plaque on the back of the monument is missing. Parking is at N 34 55.624 W 85 16.262
Waymark Code: WMECVZ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2012
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This monument is dedicated to the
96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 96th Illinois Infantry was organized at Rockford, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 6, 1862.
Their commander, Colonel Thomas E. Champion.
Text on the front of the monument:
Illinois
96th Infantry
1st Brigade – Whitaker
1st Division – Steedman
Reserve Corps. - Granger
Text on the rear of the monument: (missing - best guess)
Commanded by
Col. Thomas E. Champion.
Sept. 20 – 1863
From the
Return of Casualties in the Army of the Cumberland, OR 5, page 177.
Killed: Enlisted men 39; Wounded: Officers 9, Enlisted men 125; Missing: Officers 2, Enlisted men 50. Total 225
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-713(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008916 |
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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Marker contributes to national significance of park under NR Criterion A because it represents the national movement among veterans & related groups to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
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Short Physical Description
7'6" x 4'4" x 4'6" high rock-faced monument consisting of rectangular granite block with an inscribed polished front on granite base. The tops of both pieces are beveled. Marks unit's position on Snodgrass Hill.
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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2.
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Substructure
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Limestone
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3.
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Superstructure
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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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1899
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AD
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My Sources
1.
NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
96th Regiment Illinois 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.