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 Hospital, 1st Division, 14th Corps (US) - Chickamauga National Battlefield Posted by:  Lat34North
N 34° 55.033 W 085° 16.105
16S E 658177 N 3865231
This plaque is dedicated to the Union Hospital unit of the 1st Division, 14th A.C. It is located at the site of the old Dyer House on Dyer Rd at the Chickamauga National Battlefield.
Waymark Code: WME5FF
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2012
Views: 1
This plaque indicates the position of the hospital unit for the 1st Division of the 14th Army Corps. on September 19-20 during the Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The background is blue indicating the was a Federal unit.
HOSPITAL, 1st DIVISION, 14th CORPS UNION
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HOSPITAL, 1st DIVISION, 14th CORPS UNION ARMY
Surgeon F. H. Gross, U.S. Volunteers,
Medical Director, 14th Army Corps.
Surgeon S. Marks, 10th Wisconsin Volunteers,
Medical Director, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps.
The Union Hospital, 1st Division 14th Corps was established on the morning of September 19 at Dyer’s house. A number of outbuildings supplemented by hospital tents were used to house the wounded. On the morning of the 20th owing to the advance of the Confederates it became necessary to evacuate this hospital, when all the wounded, and all hospital tents and supplies, except the tents of the 79th Pennsylvania were withdrawal to Chattanooga.
My Sources
1. Civil War Medicine
2. Wikipedia - Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home - The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
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