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

18th Indiana Battery

Wilder's Brigade

— Reynold's Division —

 
 
18th Indiana Battery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
1. 18th Indiana Battery Marker
Inscription.
Indiana.
Eighteenth Battery. (Lilly)
First Brigade. (Wilder)
Fourth Division. (Reynolds)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Friday, September 18th, 1863, 5:30 P.M.
to 9 P.M.


 
Erected 1898 by the State of Indiana. (Marker Number MT-758.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 18, 1863.
 
Location. 34° 54.094′ N, 85° 15.087′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker is on Viniard Road east of LaFayette Road, on the right when traveling east. This marker is located on the south side of the roadway, and on the eastern edge of a roadside parking area. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Wilder's Brigade (a few steps from this marker); Buckner's Corps (within shouting distance of this marker); 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Gregg's Brigade (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); McNair's Brigade (about 400 feet away); Hood's Division
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(about 400 feet away); Stewart's Division (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.
 
More about this marker. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, “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 battery's position along Viniard-Alexander Road south of Park House site.”

In locating this marker I used the "Chickamauga Battlefield" map, that I purchased at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Visitor Center, to determine both the marker number for this marker and the marker's location in relation to the rest of the park's monuments, markers, and tablets. According to the map it provides the, "numerical listing of all monuments, markers, and tablets on the Chickamauga Battlefield (using the Chick-Chatt NMP Monument Numbering System).”
 
18th Indiana Battery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
2. 18th Indiana Battery Marker
Close-up view of the text on this marker.
18th Indiana Battery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
3. 18th Indiana Battery Marker
View of the marker looking west across the entrance to the roadside parking area and west along the Viniard Road.
18th Indiana Battery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
4. 18th Indiana Battery Marker
View of the marker looking east along the Viniard Road.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 13, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 10, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.

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