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

72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry

Wilder's Brigade

— Reynold's Division —

 
 
72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
1. 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker
Inscription.
Indiana
Seventy-Second Regiment (Mounted)
Infantry. (Miller)
First Brigade. (Wilder)
Fourth Division. (Reynolds)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Friday, September 18th, 1863, 5 P.M.
to 6 P.M.

 
Erected 1898 by the State of Indiana. (Marker Number MT-825.)
 
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° 54.13′ N, 85° 15.074′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker is on Viniard Road east of LaFayette Road, on the left when traveling east. This marker is located on the north side of the roadway, in a clearing, about 50 feet off the roadway. 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. 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilder's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); McNair's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Hood's Division (within shouting distance of this marker); 18th Indiana Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); Gregg's Brigade (about 300 feet away, measured
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in a direct line); Buckner's Corps (about 300 feet away); Culpeper’s South Carolina Battery (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 regiment's position east of Viniard Field.”

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).”
 
72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
2. 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker
A close-up view of the text on this marker.
72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
3. 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker
View of the marker looking east along the Viniard Road.
72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
4. 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker
View of the marker looking west along the Viniard Road.
72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
5. 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker
View, looking north, of the marker, about 50 feet off the roadway, in a clearing.
72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
6. 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Marker
View from behind the featured 72d Indiana Infantry marker, looking south, across the Viniard Road at the distant, 17th Indiana Infantry marker.
 
 
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 163 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 10, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.

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