Near Fort Oglethorpe in Walker County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Sirwell's Brigade
| | Negley's Division | |
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2017
1. Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker
View of the front side of the monument.
The text on the front side:
1st Ohio Light Artillery,
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps.
The text on the back side:
Marshall commanding, occupied this
position from about 5:30 p.m. on the 19th
till about 9 a.m. on the 20th of September,
1863, but was not engaged. It then
moved to the left and rear taking
several positions upon the hills in the
woods, as ordered by General Negley.
From one of these positions it fired
about 50 rounds. About 1:00 p.m. it
moved to Rossville under order
of the division commander.
Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number MT-930.)
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° 54.915′ N, 85° 15.976′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Walker County. It is on Glenn-Kelly Road east of Vittetoe-Chickamauga Road, on the left when traveling north. This monument is situated about 100 feet off the west side of the roadway, in a large open field, flanked on either side by an artillery piece. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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More about this marker. In locating this monument 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 monument and the monument'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 27, 2017
2. Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker
View of the back side of the monument.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2017
3. Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker
Close up view of the text on the back side of the monument.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2017
4. Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker
View of the monument, situated with the battery and tablet, looking north along the Glenn-Kelly Road.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2017
5. Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker
View of the monument, situated with the battery and tablet, looking south along the Glenn-Kelly Road.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 27, 2017
6. Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker
View of the monument, situated in an open field with the battery and tablet, looking southwest off of the roadway.
Photographed by Byron Hooks, May 19, 2011
7. Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker
View, looking east, of the monument to the 1st Ohio Light Artillery from the ridge line in Dyer's field where the shell monument for Rosecrans' Headquarters (MT-451) stands.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 19, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 431 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 26, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 7. submitted on October 19, 2018, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia.
