42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
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This marker to the 42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment is located on the west side of Glen-Kelley road, just north of the “Tanyard” directional marker in the Chickamauga National Military Park. The plaque is missing from the marker.
Waymark Code: WMDWCB
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2012
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This marker for
42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is one of three markers to the 42nd Indiana Infantry on the battlefield. The 42nd Indiana Infantry was organized at Evansville, Indiana, and mustered into Federal service on October 9, 1861.
Text on the front of the monument:
The plaque is missing
88th Indiana,
Commanded by; Lieut. Col. William T. B. McIntire
First Brigade (Beatty), Second Division (Negley), Fourteenth Army Corps (Thomas)
From a nearby plaque:
| Beatty’s Brigade |
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Negley’s Division | Thomas’ Corps |
| Brig. Gen. John Beatty |
| Sept. 19, 1863 6 P.M. |
| | 104th Illinois, | Lieut. Col. Douglas Hapeman. |
| | 42d Indiana, | Lieut. Col. William T. B. McIntire. |
| | 88th Indiana, | Col. George Humphrey. |
| | 15th Kentucky, | Col. Marion C. Taylor. |
| | Bridges (Illinois) Battery, | Capt. Lyman Bridges. |
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This brigade was the last of Negley’s Division to be withdrawn from
Glass’ Mill. It reached this field about sundown and bivouacked about 200
Yards west of this as the reserve of the division then in line in the eastern edge
Of the Brotherton Woods. Early in the morning of the 20th it was sent
northward along the Lafayette Road and formed on the left of Baird’s
Division near the junction of the Alexander’s Bridge Road.
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From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-809(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008746 |
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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The marker contributes to the national significance of the park under NR Criterion A because it represents the national movement among veterans to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
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Short Physical Description
This standard Indiana regimental 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 regiment's position near the tanyard.
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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Limestone
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2.
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Substructure
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Limestone
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3.
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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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
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NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment
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.