W. M. Cockrum Memorial Marker - Chickamauga National Military Park
Posted by: Lat34North
N 34° 56.437 W 085° 15.473
16S E 659094 N 3867843
This monument to W. M. Cockrum of the 42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment is located in the McDonald Field, across the road from the visitors center on LaFayette Road.
Waymark Code: WMNB4G
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2015
Views: 1
This monument to W. M. Cockrum of 42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, marks the location where he was desperately wounded at during the during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863.
Text:
September 20, 1863
9:20 A.M.
Captain later Lieut. Col.
W. M. Cockrum
Forty Second Indiana Inf.
Was desperately
wounded at this point.
Erected by the soldiers of the
Forty Second Indiana Inf.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-810(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008803 |
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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11/24/1988
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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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Monument contributes to national significance of park under NR Criterion A because it represents the national movement among veterans & federal government to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
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Short Physical Description
1'4" x 1'4" x 2' high, this is a simple Indiana oolitic limestone shaft with rock-faced sides and a beveled, smooth-faced top that carries an inscription describing the wounding of Lt. Col. Cockrum at this spot.
Long Physical Description
Monument located within the Chickamauga Battlefield in McDonald Field, map site #2.
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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Limestone
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2.
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Substructure
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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
1.
NRHP Narrative
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Chickamauga
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chickamauga Campaign - Union Order of Battle
4. Wikipedia -
42nd Regiment Indiana Infantry
5. Civil War Battlefield Monuments -
W. M. Cockrum Memorial Marker
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.