21st Regiment Marker

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Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

21st Regiment
Ohio Infantry

21st Regiment Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Dale K. Benington, June 6, 2009

1. 21st Regiment Marker

Inscription. 21st Regiment
Ohio Infantry
Sirwell's
Brigade
5:30 P.M.
September 19th
to 9:00 A.M.
September 20th
1863

Location. 34° 54.853′ N, 85° 15.859′ W. Marker is in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker can be reached from LaFayette Road 0.4 miles south of Dyer Road. Click for map. This historical marker is located in the Chickamauga National Military Park and is part of the Chickamauga Battlefield. According to the information obtained by the park rangers from the National Park Service data base, this historical marker is "S.W. of Brotherton Cabin." However, this marker was very difficult to locate with just that information. From the intersection of LaFayette Road and Dyer Road it is about 0.4 miles S.W., as the crow flies. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. 74th Ohio Infantry (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); War Comes to the Brothertons (approx. 0.3 miles away); VanDerveer’s Brigade. (approx. 1 miles away); Whitaker’s Brigade. (approx. 1 miles away); 22nd Michigan - Infantry (approx. 1 miles away); 84th Regiment (approx. 1 miles away); 21st Ohio Infantry (approx. 1 miles away); Field Headquarters 21st Army Corps (approx. 2.1 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

By Dale K. Benington, June 6, 2009

2. 21st Regiment Marker

More about this marker. From the Brotherton Cabin proceed due south along the line of Union Monuments and Markers in the Brotherton Field. When you get to the near end of this line of Monuments and Markers turn west and take the trail that leads to the woods at the western edge of Brotherton Field. Just into the woods you should find the marker for one of Sirwell's Brigade's regiments, the 37th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. From this Monument, find the trail that leads deeper into the woods and about 100 feet down the trail you will find this marker, which marks the position of the 21st OVI just prior to the Confederate attack on the morning of September 20th.

Also see . . .
1. Battle of Chickamauga: 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Their Colt’s Revolving Rifles. This web link was both published and made available by the, "HistoryNet.com." The HistoryNet.com is in turn brought to you by the Weider History Group, the world’s largest publisher of history magazines. Their stated goal is to strive to make history interesting and educational for all of their readers. (Submitted on June 16, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)
2. Infantry Units: 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This web link was both published and made available by Bowling Green State University's, "Center for Archival Collections." (Submitted on June 16, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)
3. History of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This web link was both published and made available by the, "21st OVI, Co. E." The 21st OVI, Co. E is a non-profit living history organization dedicated to portraying a Western Theater Federal Infantry regiment of the American Civil War. (Submitted on June 16, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)

Negley's Division Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Dale K. Benington, June 6, 2009

3. Negley's Division Marker

View of the Negley's Division tablet, located just into the woods at the west edge of Brotherton's field. Off to the far left you can see the monument for the 37th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The marker for the 21st OVI is in the woods behind this tablet.