74th Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 55.429 W 085° 15.684
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The marker to the 74th Indiana Infantry is located on Poe Road (one way) near driving tour stop 3, Chickamauga Nation Battlefield. This marker indicates the position held by the 74th at 3:30 pm on Saturday September 19th, 1863.
Waymark Code: WME00H
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2012
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This marker is dedicated to the
74th Regiment Indiana Infantry, is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 74th Indiana Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.
This marker indicates the position held by the 74th at 3:30 pm on Saturday September 19th, 1863. This is one of five markers to the 74th located on the battlefield.
Text on the front of the monument:
Indiana
Seventy-Fourth Regiment Infantry
(Chapman)
Second Brigade (Croxton)
Third Division (Brannan)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 3:30 P.M.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-831(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008741 |
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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11/24/1998
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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
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 along the Poe Field line.
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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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3.
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Superstructure
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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
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NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
74th Regiment Indiana Infantry
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. This marker is not on the map since it is outside the park.