Tennessee Cavalry Monument - Ft. Oglethorpe, GA
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This monument commemorates the involvement of the Confederate Cavalry of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. Located on Old La Fayette Rd at Coffman Dr in Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. This monument is outside of the Chickamauga NP.
Waymark Code: WM7B69
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2009
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This monument commemorates the involvement of the Confederate Cavalry of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. Located on Old La Fayette Rd at Coffman Dr in Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. This monument is in town and located outside of the Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Inscription
In commemoration of the heroism of her sons,
September 19"-20" 1863.
TENNESSEE ERECTS THIS MONUMENT/CAVALRY.
From the Simthsonian Art Inventory -
Tennessee Cavalry Monument (Confederate)
Artist: Royal Foundry, founder.
Muldoon Monument Company, contractor.
Title: Tennessee Cavalry Monument (Confederate), (sculpture).
Other Titles: Tennessee Monument to Forrest's Cavalry, (sculpture).
Tennessee Cavalry (C.S.A.), (sculpture).
Dates: Installed 1895.
Medium: Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: granite; Base: Tennessee granite.
Dimensions: Monument: approx. 14 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 28 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
Inscription: By Miller Munchen (Proper left side of pedestal, incised lettering:) In commemoration of the/heroism of her sons,/September 19"-20" 1863./TENNESSEE/ERECTS THIS MONUMENT/CAVALRY (Other faces of pedestal: information about the regiment and its companies) signed
Description: A full-length figure of a Confederate cavalryman about to draw his sword. He stands with his proper right hand reaching across his waist and holding the handle by his proper left side, the sheath held by his proper left hand. The soldier is in uniform, he has a moustache and wears a wide-brimmed hat and boots, and stands with his proper right foot forward. The sculpture is mounted upon a castellated pedestal set upon a two-tiered, rough-cut base.