18th Indiana Battery Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
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Lat34North
N 34° 54.279 W 085° 15.845
16S E 658597 N 3863844
This marker for the 18th Indiana Battery is located on the ridgeline in the field on the west side of Lafayette Rd. Parking is on Glenn Viaiard Rd. There are 3 markers for the 18th in this section of the battlefield.
Waymark Code: WMDKT9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2012
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This marker for the
18th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is one of seven markers to the 18th Indiana Battery on the battlefield.
Text on the front of the monument:
Indiana
Eighteenth Battery (Lilly)
First Brigade (Wilder)
Fourth Division (Reynolds)
Fourteenth Corps (Thomas)
Saturday, September 19th, 1863.
2:30 P.M. to 5 P.M.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-754(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008800 |
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 national movement among veterans & related groupds to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
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Short Physical Description
This standard Indiana marker consists of a 4' x 4' x 4'8" high rock-faced oolitic stone block with a peaked top and a 12" x 18" bronze plaque affixed to its front. Marks battery's position on northwest of Viniard House.
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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Bronze
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Substructure
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Limestone
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Substructure
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Limestone
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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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1898
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AD
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My Sources
1. NRHP
2. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
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.