Near Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Wood's Brigade
Cleburne's Division
— Hill's Corps —
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 31, 2018
1. Wood's Brigade Marker
Cleburne's Division - Hill's Corps.
Brigadier General S. A. M. Wood.
September 20, 1863, 11 a.m.
16th Alabama - Major John H. McGaughy.
16th Alabama - Captain Fredrick A. Ashford.
33rd Alabama - Colonel Samuel Adams.
45th Alabama - Colonel E. B. Breedlove.
18th Alabama Battalion - Major John H. Gibson.
18th Alabama Battalion - Colonel Samuel Adams (33rd Ala.)
32nd and 45th Mississippi - Colonel M. P. Lowrey.
15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters - Major A.T. Hawkins.
15th Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters - Captain Daniel Coleman.
Semple’s (Alabama) Battery - Lieutenant R. W. Goldthwaite.
About 11 o'clock the three left regiments of the Brigade advanced, followed and aided by its Battery, from the woods to the east of this position, supported by Stewart's Division on its left, and made a persistent attack upon King's Brigade, posted just west of the Lafayette Road. The left of the Brigade crossed the road near the Poe House. The combined attack of this Brigade and Stewart's Division was repulsed by the Union troops in position west of the road behind rail barricades, well supported by artillery, and also from a flank and rear fire from breastworks in the woods northeast of the field. The attacking
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Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number MT-1234.)
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil.
Location. 34° 55.354′ N, 85° 15.667′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Memorial is on LaFayette Road south of Battleline Road, on the right when traveling south. This tablet is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, along the park's main north to south roadway, across the street from the Poe 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. 15th & 37th Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 18th Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 45th Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Brannan's Division (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 31, 2018
2. Wood's Brigade Marker
View of the tablet looking south along the Lafayette Road.
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 31, 2018
3. Wood's Brigade Marker
View of the tablet looking north along the Lafayette Road.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 31, 2018
4. Wood's Brigade Marker
View of the tablet looking west from the Poe Field, across the Lafayette Road.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 31, 2018
5. Wood's Brigade Marker
View of the tablet, looking west, toward the Poe Road (just beyond the trees).
Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 148 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 6, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
