100th Illinois Infantry Regiment Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 55.065 W 085° 15.567
16S E 658995 N 3865304
This marker to the 100th Illinois Infantry is located along a hiking path in the Chickamauga NBP. This tail parallels and is east of Lafayette Rd. The monument is south of the Brotherton Rd. Access (N34 55.107 W85 15.486).
Waymark Code: WMEDEM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2012
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This marker is dedicated to the
100th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 100th Illinois Infantry was organized at Joliet, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 30, 1862 It marks their location at 10:30 am on Sunday, September 20, 1863. The commander of the 100th Illinois was Colonel Frederick A. Bartleson.
Text on the front of the marker:
Illinois
100th Infantry
Buell’s Brigade
Advancing to the front
10:30 A.M. September 20, 1863
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-719(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008963 |
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
2'6" x 1'2" x 2'6" high rectangular slab of dark Quincy granite. Rock-faced sides; polished & inscribed front. "Illinois" is in large raised letters on beveled top. Marks unit's position at 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 20, 1863.
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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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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 - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
100th 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.