Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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The Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument is located on Genn-Viniard / Vittetoe Chickamauga Road near driving tour stop 6, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.
Waymark Code: WMAYC2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2011
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The Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument is a short, solid rectangular block. The word Illinois is in raised letter. The front surface is polished and inscribed text. There is a plaque on the rear of the monument description the actions of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery during the Battle of Chickamauga.
Text:
Illinois
Chicago Board of Trade Battery.
2nd Division – Crook.
Cavalry Corps – R. B. Mitchell
Commanded by Capt. James E. Stowe's.
September 19 and twenty, 1863.
Engage outside of the legal limits of the park, at and beyond Crawfish Springs, and Reed's Bridge.
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
Related Website: Not listed
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