W. M. Cockrum Memorial Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This monument to W. M. Cockrum of 42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, marks the location where he was desperately wounded at during the during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863.



Text:

September 20, 1863
9:20 A.M.
Captain later Lieut. Col.
W. M. Cockrum
Forty Second Indiana Inf.
Was desperately
wounded at this point.
Erected by the soldiers of the
Forty Second Indiana Inf.

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From the NRHP nomination form:

	Structure Number:	MT-810(see note)
	LCS ID:	008803

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Historical Significance:

	National Register Status:	Entered - Documented
	National Register Date:	11/24/1988
	National Historic Landmark?:	No
	Significance Level:	Contributing
	Short Significance Description:	Monument contributes to national significance of park under NR Criterion A because it represents the national movement among veterans & federal government to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.

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Short Physical Description

1'4" x 1'4" x 2' high, this is a simple Indiana oolitic limestone shaft with rock-faced sides and a beveled, smooth-faced top that carries an inscription describing the wounding of Lt. Col. Cockrum at this spot.

Long Physical Description

Monument located within the Chickamauga Battlefield in McDonald Field, map site #2.

Material(s)

Structural Component(s) Material(s) 1.  Superstructure Limestone 2.  Substructure Limestone

Construction Period:	Historic
Chronology:	Physical Event Begin Year Begin Year AD/BC End Year End Year AD/BC Designer Designer Occupation 1.  Built 1899 AD

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My Sources
1. NRHP Narrative
2. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia - 42nd Regiment Indiana Infantry
5. Civil War Battlefield Monuments - W. M. Cockrum Memorial Marker

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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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