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Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
46th Pennsylvania Infantry
 
46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Matt Stewart, May 15, 2006
1. 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker
 
Inscription. (Front):
46th Pennsylvania Infantry
1st. Brigade [Knipes]
1st. Division [Williams]
12th. Corps [Slocum]
Joe Hooker's command.

(Back):
This regiment rendered important service as rear guard in
the movements and actions of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps
in opening and maintaining communications with
the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga
from Nashville via Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and
the Tennessee River.
Organized August 1861. Discharged July 1865.

 
Erected 1897 by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 
Location. 35° 2.426′ N, 85° 16.427′ W. Marker is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. Marker is at the intersection of East 4th Street and North Hawthorne Street, on the right when traveling east on East 4th Street. Click for map. The statue is on Orchard Knob, and can be viewed from the corner of East 4th and North Hawthorne Streets. Marker is in this post office area: Chattanooga TN 37404, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Andrews Raiders (approx. 0.8 miles away); The McCallie School (approx. 1 miles away); Ohio at Chattanooga (approx. 1.2 miles away); 10th Ohio Infantry. (approx. 1.2 miles away); 21st Ohio Infantry (approx. 1.2 miles away); 3d Ohio Infantry (approx. 1.2 miles away); Missionary Ridge (approx. 1.3 miles away); Bessie Smith (approx. 1.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Chattanooga.
 
46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Matt Stewart, May 15, 2006
2. 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker
Lower plaque
 

 
Also see . . .  46th Pennsylvania Infantry. Service record of the regiment. (Submitted on January 22, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
 
46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Matt Stewart, May 15, 2006
3. 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker
Facing north
 
 
46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Matt Stewart, May 15, 2006
4. 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker
Plaque on back side of monument
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on January 21, 2009, by Matt Stewart of Akron, Ohio. This page has been viewed 373 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. Submitted on January 21, 2009, by Matt Stewart of Akron, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.


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