74th Indiana Infantry Regiment Marker - Chickamauga National Battlefield
Posted by: Lat34North
N 34° 55.686 W 085° 14.557
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This marker to the 74th Indiana Infantry on a wooded path north of Winfrey’s Field on Brotherton Rd, Chickamauga National Battlefield (see directions @ end). It marks their position at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 19, 1863.
Waymark Code: WMEAPD
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2012
Views: 2
This marker is dedicated to the
74th Regiment Indiana Infantry, is in recognition of their service during the
Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863. The 74th Indiana Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and mustered into Federal service on August 21, 1862.
This marker indicates the position held by the 74th at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday September 19th, 1863. This is one of five markers to the 74th located on the battlefield.
Text on the front of the monument:
Indiana
Seventy-Fourth Regiment Infantry
(Chapman)
Second Brigade (Croxton)
Third Division (Brannan)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 10 A.M.
From the NRHP nomination form:
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Structure Number: |
MT-832(see note) |
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LCS ID: |
008727 |
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
This standard Indiana regimental marker consists of a 4' x 4' x 4'8" high rock-faced oolitic stone block with a peaked top and a 12" x 18" bronze plaque affixed to its front. Marks regiment's position in battle.
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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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Bronze
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Substructure
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Limestone
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Superstructure
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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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1898
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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 -
74th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Directions:
I parked at the Winfrey Field on Brotherton Rd. There are several monuments along the north side of Winfrey Field. Take the path along the western edge of the field to the 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Marker. There is a second trail along the northern edge of the field, follow this path to the 93rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument. Just west of this monument, there is a trail leading in to the wooded area north of the Winfrey Field. Follow this path until it intersects another path at the Twenty-Fourth Illinois Infantry 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.