Near Fort Oglethorpe in Walker County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Barnes' Brigade
Van Cleve's Division
— Crittenden's Corps —
Van Cleve's Division - Crittenden's Corps.
Colonel Sidney M. Barnes
September 20, 1863 1st Position.
35th Indiana - Major P. Dufficy.
8th Kentucky - Major John S. Clark.
21st Kentucky - Colonel S.Woodson Price.
(at Whiteside, Tennessee not engaged.)
51st Ohio - Colonel Richard W. McClain.
99th Ohio - Colonel Peter T. Swaine.
3d Wisconsin Battery - Lieutenant Courtland Livingston.
At 2 o'clock a.m. of September 20th this Brigade was brought from the ground of its engagement at Viniard's and joined its Division in bivouac on the slope west of this position. At 9 o'clock it was sent forward with Wood's Division and formed on the right of Brannan's Division near Poe's, from which point it was soon after dispatched to the left of Baird's line north of the Kelly field.
Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number MT-542.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 20, 1863.
Location. 34° 55.034′ N, 85° 16.427′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Walker County. Marker is on Chickamauga-Vittatoe Road south of Dyer Road, on the left when traveling south. This tablet is located several feet off of the east side of the roadway in a grassy open 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. 35th Indiana Infantry (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); 7th Indiana Battery (about 500 feet away); Harker's Brigade (about 600 feet away); Dent's Alabama Battery (about 700 feet away); S. Beatty's Brigade (about 700 feet away); 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry (about 800 feet away); Rosecrans' Headquarters Shell Monument (about 800 feet away); Van Cleve's Division (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.
More about this marker. 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).”
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 193 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 16, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.