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

Wood's Brigade

Cleburne's Division

— Hill's Corps —

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

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 26, 2017

1. Wood's Brigade Marker

Inscription. Wood's Brigade
Cleburne's Division - Hill's Corps.
Brigadier General S. A. M. Wood.
September 19, 1863, 6 p.m., 1st Position

16th Alabama - Major John H. McGaughy.
33d Alabama - Colonel Samuel Adams.
45th Alabama - Colonel E. B. Breedlove.
18th Alabama Battalion - Major John H. Gibson.
32D and 45th Mississippi - Colonel M. P. Lowrey.
15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters - Major A.T. Hawkins.
Semple’s (Alabama) Battery - Captain Henry C. Semple.
Semple’s (Alabama) Battery - Lieutenant R. W. Goldthwaite.
The Brigade arrived with Cleburne's Division from the east side of the Chickamauga shortly before sunset and formed along this road with Polk's Brigade on its right and Deshler's on its left. Soon after sunset it moved forward with the Division to make a night attack on the Union lines in the vicinity of the Winfrey house.

Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number MT-1231.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1863.

Location. 34° 55.331′ N, 85° 13.977′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa

Paid Advertisement

Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.

Click or scan to see
this page online

County. Marker is on Jays Mill Road north of Alexander Bridge Road, on the left when traveling north. The tablet is located on the west side of the roadway, a few feet off of 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. Cleburne's Division (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Walker's Division (about 400 feet away); Fowler’s Alabama Battery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Walthall's Brigade (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wilson's Brigade (approx. ¼ mile away); Field Headquarters - Army of Tennessee (approx. 0.3 miles away); Bragg's Headquarters Shell Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jackson's Brigade (approx. 0.3 miles 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, 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 26, 2017

2. Wood's Brigade Marker

View of the tablet looking north along the Jays Mill Road.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 26, 2017

3. Wood's Brigade Marker

View of the tablet looking south along the Jays Mill Road.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 26, 2017

4. Wood's Brigade Marker

View of the tablet a few feet off the roadway, near the tree-line of the nearby woods.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 14, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.