20th Georgia Infantry Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This marker is dedicated to 20th Georgia Infantry and is in recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is one of two markers to 20th Georgia Infantry on the battlefield. It marks their location at noon on Sept. 20, 1863.


Infantry

Text:

C.S.A.

Georgia
20th Infantry
Col. J. D. Waddell.
Benning’s Brigade.
Law’s Hood’s Division.
Noon, Sept. 20, 1863

From a nearby marker:

Benning’s Brigade
	Hood’s Division,	Longstreet’s Corps.
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning.
Sept. 20, 1863, 11:30 A.M.
	2d Georgia	Maj. W. W. Charlton.
	15th Georgia,	Maj. P. J. Shannon..
	17th Georgia	Lieut. Col. Charles W. Matthews.
	20th Georgia,	Col. J. D. Waddell.
This brigade being the right of the second line of the Division advanced about 11:15 A.M. from low ground beyond the first crest east of this point and attacked Brannan’s Division which was forced to the rear. The Brigade capturing four pieces of artillery followed until the Division was checked by a portion of Wood’s troops formed on the high ground in the north end of the Dyer field. At that point McLaws’ Division which had followed in the track of Hood’s passed to the front and engaged Wood’s line. Benning’s Brigade remained in the forest east of Dyer’s Field.

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From the NRHP nomination form:

	Structure Number:	MT-1307
	LCS ID:	008860

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Historical Significance:

	National Register Status:	Entered - Documented
	National Register Date:	07/25/1986
	National Historic Landmark?:	No
	Significance Level:	Contributing
	Short Significance Description:	Monument contributes to nat'l 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

A rock-faced, peaked-top granite slab, 4'6" wide x 6' high x 1'8" thick, that carries an inscription, with a cartridge box carved in relief above it. Marks unit's position on September 20, 1863, at 12:00 noon.

Material(s)

Structural Component(s) Material(s) 1.  Superstructure Granite

Construction Period:	Historic
Chronology:	Physical Event Begin Year Begin Year AD/BC End Year End Year AD/BC Designer Designer Occupation 1.  Built 1898 AD 1899 AD

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My Sources
1. NRHP
2. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Confederate Order of Battle
4. Ancestry.com - 20th Regt., Ga. Volunteer Infantry

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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.

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