1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 54.467 W 085° 16.384
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This monument to the 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters Monument near Wilder's Brigade monument located on Genn-Viniard / Vittetoe Chickamauga Road near driving tour stop 6, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
Waymark Code: WMM9QP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2014
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This marker to the
1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863.The 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters was organized from four independent companies of sharpshooters and served at the headquarters of Generals William S. Rosecrans and George H. Thomas, commanders of the Army and Department of the Cumberland, March 1863 through July 1865.
Text on the front of the marker:
Ohio
Sharp
Shooter’s
Attached to
Headquarter
Army of the
Cumberland
Text on the rear of the marker:
Fifth Independent Company, Captain Gresham M. Barber; enrolled and mustard it Camp Cleveland, Ohio, December 5, 1862.
Sixth Independent Company, Lieutenant James H. Reed; enrolled and mustard at Camp Cleveland, the Dec. 30, 1862.
Seventh Independent Company, Captain Watson C. Squire; enrolled and mustard it Camp Cleveland, January 27, 1863.
During September 19, 1863, these companies were together at Crawfish Springs and the Widow Glenn’s House.
On September 20 they were at the Widow Glenn’s, and on the Crawfish Springs road north of that point.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-949 |
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LCS ID: |
003116 |
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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The marker contributes to the national 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
6' x 5' x 10' high, monument has battered base, pedestal with crossed rifles in relief. Shaft has raised-letter panel flanked by rock-faced sections topped by crenellated cornice and rock-faced pyramidal cap.
Long Physical Description
This monument has been moved twice. First in 1966, in advance of a highway project that never happened, the monument was moved 89 feet. Then in 2002, the monument was returned to its original location.
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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Bronze
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Substructure
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Limestone
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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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1894
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AD
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Niehaus, C. H.
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Sculptor
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2.
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Built
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1894
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AD
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Vermont Granite Co., Barre, VT
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Architect
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3.
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Moved
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1966
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AD
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4.
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Moved
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2002
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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 -
1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters
5. CWBFM.org -
1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters Monument
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.