Clayton's Brigade Tablet - Chickamauga National Battlefield, GA, USA
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This plaque describes the actions of Clayton's Brigade during the battle. This plaque is located on S. Crest Road, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, TN.
Waymark Code: WMPB1F
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2015
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This plaque describes the actions of Clayton's Brigade. This plaque is located on S. Crest Road, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, TN.
This plaque indicates the position of the Clayton's Brigade on Nov. 25, 1863 during the
Battle of Missionary Ridge, fought November 25, 1863. This Battle was part of the
Chattanooga Campaign and is preserved and maintained as part of the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The brigade was commanded by Col. J. T. Holtzclaw.
Clayton's Brigade Tablet
Text:
Clayton's Brigade
Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.
Col. J. T. Holtzclaw.
Nov. 25, 1863
| 18th Alabama | - | Maj. Shop Ruffin. |
| 32nd Alabama | - | Capt. John W. Bell. |
| 36th Alabama | - | Col. Lewis T. Woodruff. |
| 38th Alabama | - | Col. Charles T. Ketchun. |
| 58th Alabama | - | Lieut. Col. John W. Inzer. |
During Nov. 24th Stewart's Division held its earthworks reaching from the foot of Missionary Ridge near Fort Cheatham to Chattanooga Creek beyond the Watkins' place. Strahl's Brigade being next the ridge and Clayton's left of Strahl. At nightfall Clayton was dispatched to relieve Walthall's and Pettus' line on Lookout Mountain, reaching their position at 3 p.m. and holding the line until withdrawn at 2 a.m. It then took position on Missionary Ridge extending the left of Stewart's line to the point overlooking Rossville Gap. Upon the advance of Hooker's column from Lookout toward the Gap Gen. Breckinridge took two regiments of the Brigade and two guns into the Gap. The Brigade line on the Ridge was then greatly extended, being little more then a skirmish line. The regiments in the Gap were forced to the rear, and those left on the Ridge, being attacked on the flank by Cruft's Division, on the front by Johnson's, and in the rear by Osterhaus' which turned northward after penetrating the Gap, retreated toward Mission Mills.
Casualties: killed 21; wounded 100; missing 706.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
HS-Batch-3. |
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LCS ID: |
091615 |
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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10/26/1998
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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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The metal markers and tablets contribute to the national significance of the park under NR criterion A as part of the War Department's efforts to mark and commemorate places of significant action during the battles.
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Short Physical Description
Approximately 700 metal position and descriptive markers with raised lettering. Union marker text painted blue; Confederate marker text painted red.
Long Physical Description
Most of these tablets and plaques have integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmenship, feeling, and association to the historically significant period of Commemorative/Park Developement (1895-1899).
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Superstructure
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Iron
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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Historic
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Begin Year AD/BC
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Built
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1890
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CE
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War Department
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My Sources
1.
NPS List
2. Wikipedia -
Battle of Missionary Ridge
3. The Civil War Home -
The Chattanooga Campaign Union Order of Battle
4. CWBFM -
Clayton's Brigade Tablet