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

John Ingraham's Grave

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018

1. John Ingraham's Grave Marker

View of the gravestone.

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

In Memory
of
John Ingraham
Private Company K
1st Confederate Regiment
Georgia Volunteers
Killed
September 19, 1863

Erected 1959. (Marker Number MT-465.)

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil.

Location. 34° 55.505′ N, 85° 14.888′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Memorial is on Alexander Bridge Road north of Brotherton Road, on the left when traveling north. This marker is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, along one of the park's east to west roadways. According to the location information provided by the National Park Service, “Grave marker located within the Chickamauga Battlefield along Alexander Bridge Road, map site #112". 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. The Cost of Chickamauga (within shouting distance of this marker); Croxton's Brigade

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(within shouting distance of this marker); 2nd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jackson's Brigade (about 300 feet away); Scogin's Georgia Battery (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Scogin's Georgia Battery (about 500 feet away); 1st and 27th Tennessee Infantry (about 600 feet away); Cleburne's Division (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

More about this marker. This gravestone is listed with the National Park Service, and included on their, "List of Classified Structures." According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the marker is a, “1' x 4' x 2', concrete grave marker that replaced original marker. Surrounding 4' x 8' iron fence installed in 1974."

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

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018

2. John Ingraham's Grave Marker

View of the grave site.

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 13, 2018

3. John Ingraham's Grave Marker

View of nearby historical display panel that is related to the featured marker and provides insights and background into this particular grave stone.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 13, 2018

4. John Ingraham's Grave Marker

This pathway that leads to the featured gravesite, also is the beginning of a park trail that goes off into the woods.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 25, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 416 times since then and 109 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 25, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.