15th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (US Vols) - Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
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N 34° 56.116 W 085° 15.426
16S E 659176 N 3867251
This marker to the 15th Kentucky Infantry US Volunteer is located in the woods south of Alexander Bridge Rd.
Waymark Code: WMCGAV
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2011
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This small monument is dedicated to the
15th Kentucky Infantry US Volunteer in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863.
Kentucky in the American Civil War was a
border state and officially neutral at the beginning of the war. Units from Kentucky served in both the Union and Confederate Armies.
Text:
15th
Kentucky
Int. U. S. Vols
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-871 (see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008997 |
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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07/25/1986
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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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Marker contributes to national significance of park under NR Criterion A because it represents the national movement among veterans & related groups to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
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Short Physical Description
1'8" x 1'2" x 3'2" high, marker is a single block of granite, rock-faced at bottom and finished above, with a slanting top inscribed with "Kentucky" within a scroll and the unit's name.
Volume:
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1 - 2,000 cubic feet
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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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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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1899
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AD
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My Sources
1.
NRHP Narrative
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. Wikipedia -
15th Infantry Regiment (United States)
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.