Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Monument - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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N 34° 55.603 W 085° 16.504
16S E 657551 N 3866274
The Battery M, 1st Illinois Artillery Monument is located along a hiking trail at Snodgrass Hill, tour stop 8, at the Chickamauga National Battlefield. The plaque on the back of the monument is missing. Parking is at N 34 55.624 W 85 16.262
Waymark Code: WMEEZP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2012
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This marker is dedicated to the Battery "M", 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery and is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. It marks their location on Sunday, September 20, 1863 from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m.
The commander of the battery was 2D Lieutenant Thomas Burton.
Text on the front of the marker:
Illinois
Battery M, 1st Light Artillery,
1st Division – Steedman
Reserve Corps – Granger
Text on the rear of the marker: (Plaque is missing - best guess)
Commanded by
Lieut. Thomas Burton.,
Sept. 20, 1863
2:30 P.M. 19th to 6 P.M.
Loss ?
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-665(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008946 |
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
7'6" x 4'4" x 4'6" high rock-faced monument consisting of rectangular granite block with an inscribed polished front on granite base. The tops of both pieces are beveled. Marks unit's position on September 20, 1863, from 2:30 to 6:00 p.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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2.
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Substructure
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Limestone
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3.
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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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
1.
NRHP
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
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.