44th Illinois Infantry Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This Monument to the 44th Illinois Infantry is located in Dyer Field on the east side of Glenn-Kelly Rd. in the Chickamauga National Battlefield Park. It indicates the position of the 44th on Sept. 20th 1863 from 11 until 11:30 A.M.
Waymark Code: WMECV4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2012
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This monument to the
44th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 44th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 25, 1861. This monument indicates the position of the 44th on Sept. 20th 1863 from 11 until 11:30 A.M. This is one of two markers to the 44th Illinois on the battlefield.
Text on the front of the monument:
Illinois
44th Infantry
2nd Brigade – Laibolot
3rd Division – Sheridan
20th Army Corps - McCook
Text on the rear of the monument:
Commanded by
Col. Wallace W. Barrett
Sept. 20 – 1863
11 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
Loss 100
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-688(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008904 |
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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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
7'6" x 4'4" x 4'6" high rock-faced monument consisting of rectangular granite block with an inscribed polished front on a granite base. The tops of both pieces are beveled. Marks unit's position on Sept. 20, 1863, from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m.
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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Granite
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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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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1899
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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 -
44th Regiment Illinois Volunteer 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.