85th Illinois Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This Monument to the 85th Illinois Infantry Regiment is located on the side of Reeds Bridge Road in the Chickamauga National Battlefield. It marks their location from Saturday, September 19, 1863.
Waymark Code: WMEE1A
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2012
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This marker is dedicated to the
85th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 85th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 27, 1862.
It marks their location on Saturday, September 19, 1863. The commander of the 85th Illinois was Colonel Caleb J. Dilworth.
Text on the front of the marker:
Illinois
85th Infantry.
2nd brigade – Daniel McCook.
2nd Division – Morgan.
Reserve Corps – Granger.
Text on the rear of the marker:
Commanded by
Col. Caleb J. Dilworth
Sept. 19th, 1863
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-702(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008955 |
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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11/24/1998
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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" rock-faced monument consists of rectangular block of granite with an inscribed, polished front on a granite base. The tops of both pieces are beveled. Marks unit's position from 6:00 p.m. 9/18/1863 to 7:00 a.m. 9/19/1863.
Note: The date on the monument is Sept. 19, 1863, this text appears to be from the marker located outside of the park, rather than the text from the monument.
Long Physical Description
Monument is located in the Chickamauga Battlefield northwest on Reed's Bridge Road at map site #18.
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Structural Component(s)
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Material(s)
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Superstructure
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Granite
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Substructure
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Limestone
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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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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 -
85th 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.