Havis Georgia Battery Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This marker is dedicated to Havis' Georgia Battery and is in recognition of their service during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. This is the only marker to Havis Georgia Battery on the battlefield. It marks their location at noon on Sept. 20, 1863.


Infantry

Text:

C.S.A.

Georgia
Havis' Battery
Capt. M. W. Havis.
Robertson’s
Reserve Artillery.
Army of Tennessee.
Noon, Sept. 20, 1863

From a nearby marker:

 

Havis’ Georgia Battery
	2 Napoleons, 1 James Rifle
	Robertson’s Reserve
September 20, 1863.
	Capt. M. W. Havis, Commanding
	1st Lieut. James R. Duncan
	1st Lieut. Hamblin R. Felder
	2d Lieut. C. H. Smith
	2d Lieut. James R. Rice
This battery was not engaged on the 19th. Soon after noon on the 20th it came into position on this ground and opened fire on the enemy then falling back on Snodgrass Hill. About 5:00 PM the battery took position on the left of Major Williams’ Battalion, in front of and west of this ground, and opened fire on the enemy's line east of the Kelly Field, taking it in reverse, and continued to fire till his line at that point was abandoned and the Confederate Infantry line intervened. Casualties: Men Killed 1, Men Wounded 1, Horses Killed 1, Horses Wounded 1.

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From the NRHP nomination form:

	Structure Number:	MT-1258
	LCS ID:	008861

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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 crossed cannon barrels 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

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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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