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

Stovall's Brigade

Breckinridge's Division

— Hill's Corps —

Stovall's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018

1. Stovall's Brigade Marker

Inscription. Stovall's Brigade.
Breckinridge's Division, - Hill's Corps.
Brigadier General Marcellus A. Stovall.
September 20, 1863, 11 a.m.

1st, and 3rd, Florida, - Colonel William S. Dilworth.
4th, Florida, - Colonel W.L.L. Bowen.
47th, Georgia, - Captain William S. Phillips.
47th, Georgia, - Captain Joseph S. Cone.
60th, North Carolina, - Lieutenant Colonel James M. Ray.
60th, North Carolina, - Captain James Thomas Weaver.
Mebane's Tennessee Battery, - Captain John W. Mebane.
After sharp resistance, mainly from Dodge's Brigade on the left of Baird's Division, Stovall's Brigade entered the Kelly Field full in the Union rear. Adams' Brigade was in the woods on the right across the Lafayette road with its right advanced. Here both brigades were attacked, Stovall from the front and Adams from the left by Van Derveer's and Stanley's brigades and compelled to withdraw to the vicinity of the McDonald's House. In the final assault of the enemy's lines late in the afternoon, this brigade advanced on the right of the division, passed over the breastworks and pursued to the Chattanooga Road.

Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number MT-1214.)

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is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 20, 1863.

Location. 34° 55.938′ N, 85° 15.551′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker is on LaFayette Road north of Poe Road, on the right when traveling north. This marker is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, along the park's main north to south roadway, in the Kelly Field. 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. 47th Georgia Infantry (a few steps from this marker); Breckinridge's Division (within shouting distance of this marker); 60th North Carolina Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 86th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 11th Michigan Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 2nd Minnesota Infantry (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 87th Indiana Infantry (about 300 feet away); 44th Indiana Infantry (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

More about this marker. In locating this tablet I used the "Chickamauga Battlefield" map,

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018

2. Stovall's Brigade Marker

View of the tablet in the Kelly Field, looking east, towards the 60th North Carolina marker.

that I purchased at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Visitor Center, to determine both the marker number for this tablet and the tablet'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).”

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018

3. Stovall's Brigade Marker

View of the tablet in the Kelly Field, looking west, towards the 47th Georgia marker.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 14, 2018

4. Stovall's Brigade Marker

View of the tablet in the Kelly Field, looking south.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 22, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.