Ector's Brigade Tablet - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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Monument to Ector's Brigade is located on Reed's Bridge Road in the Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMMYY9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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This monument is dedicated to Ector's Brigade is in recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is the only monument to Ector's Brigade on the battlefield. It marks their location on Sept. 19, 1863 at 9:00 am.



Text on the front of the tablet
No. 32
C  
Ector’s Brigade.
Walker’s Division – Walker’s Corps.
Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector.
Sept. 19, 1863, 9:00 A.M. 1st Position.

Stone’s Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters – Maj. T. O. Stone
Pound’s Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters – Capt. M. Pound.
29th North Carolina – Col. William B. Creasman.
9th Texas – Col. William H. Young.
10th Texas Lieut. Col. C. R. Earp.
14th Texas Cavalry, Dismounted. Col. J. L. Camp.
32d Texas Col. Julius A. Andrews.


This Brigade arrived at Jay’s Mill from the vicinity of Alexanders’ house soon after 9:00 A.M. It formed on the left of Dibrell’s Brigade and attacked the front of VanDerveer’s Brigade of Brannan’s Division.

The fighting continued with severity till about 11 o’clock when the Brigade was obliged to retire, it’s left flank in the withdrawal coming under the fire of the left battalions of King’s Brigade of Baird’s Division, then just relieving Croxton’s Brigade of Brannan’s Division.

It halted in the vicinity of Jay’s mill until near sundown and was not further engaged.



From the NRHP nomination form:

  Structure Number: MT-1152



My Sources
1. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
2. Wikipedia - Mathew Duncan Ector
3. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Confederate Order of Battle
4. CWBFM - Ector's Brigade

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.

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Type of memorial: Plaque

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