Two Companies 96th Illinois Inf. Regt. Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield
Posted by: Lat34North
N 34° 55.669 W 085° 16.609
16S E 657389 N 3866393
This marker to two Companies of 96th Illinois Infantry Monument is located along a hiking trail at Snodgrass Hill, tour stop 8, at the Chickamauga NB. Parking is at N 34 55.624 W 85 16.262
Waymark Code: WMECXW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2012
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This monument is dedicated to two Companies of the
96th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 96th Illinois Infantry was organized at Rockford, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 6, 1862. It marks their location on Sunday, September 20, 1863, from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. The commander of the 96th Illinois was Colonel Thomas E. Champion.
Text on the front of the marker:
Two Companies 96th Infantry
Whitakers Brigade
3 to 6 P.M. September 20, 1863
Text on the front of the monument to the 96th located nearby:
Illinois
96th Infantry
1st Brigade – Whitaker
1st Division – Steedman
Reserve Corps. - Granger
From the
Return of Casualties in the Army of the Cumberland, OR 5, page 177.
Killed: Enlisted men 39; Wounded: Officers 9, Enlisted men 125; Missing: Officers 2, Enlisted men 50. Total 225
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-714(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008936 |
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
2'6" x 1'2" x 2'6" high rectangular slab of dark Quincy granite. Rock-faced sides; polished & inscribed front. "Illinois" is in large raised letters on beveled top. Marks unit's position from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sept. 20, 1863
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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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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 -
96th 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.