Cobham's Brigade Tablet - Chickamauga National Battlefield
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This plaque indicates position of Cobham's Brigade during the battle. This plaque is located on S. Crest Road, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, TN.
Waymark Code: WMPHG1
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2015
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This plaque indicates the position of Cobham's Brigade during the assault on Missionary Ridge 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. George A. Cogham, Jr. This plaque is located on S. Crest Road, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, TN.
Cobham's Brigade Tablet
Text:
Cobham's Brigade
Geary's Division - Slocum's Corps.
Col. George A. Cogham, Jr.
Nov. 25, 1863, 5 P.M.
| 29th Pennsylvania | – | Col. W. Rickards, Jr. |
| 109th Pennsylvania | – | Capt. F. L. Gimber. |
| 111th Pennsylvania | – | Col. Thomas M. Walker. |
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This brigade, 109th Pennsylvania being left as camp guard west of Lookout, descended Lookout Mountain at 11 A.M. It reached Rossville about 4 P.M. and thence followed Creighton's brigade along the western base of Missionary Ridge, Knap's Pennsylvania battery shelling the crest during the advance. The line advanced in the plain abreast of Cruft's division on the crest, that command having carried the south point of the ridge overlooking Rossville Gap, and moved thence, northward, along the summit.
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
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Begin Year AD/BC
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End Year AD/BC
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Designer
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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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Chickamauga National Battlefield
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 -
Cobham's Brigade Tablet