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

10th Indiana Infantry

Croxton's Brigade

— Brannan's Division —

10th Indiana Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 24, 2019

1. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Indiana.
Tenth Regiment Infantry. (Carroll)
Second Brigade. (Croxton)
Third Division. (Brannan)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Saturday, September 19th, 1863, about
10 A.M.

Erected 1898 by the State of Indiana. (Marker Number MT-777A.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1863.

Location. 34° 55.688′ N, 85° 14.519′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker can be reached from Brotherton Road east of Alexander Bridge Road, on the left when traveling east. This marker is located in the National Military Park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, and is situated along one of the park hiking trails just north of the Winfrey Field. According to the location information provided by the National Park Service, the marker can be found on the, “1934 Chickamauga Battlefield Monument Location Map, Site #75". Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Croxton's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); 74th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 24th Illinois Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Starkweather's Brigade (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); 4th Indiana Battery (about 500 feet away); Scribner's Brigade (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Scribner's Brigade (about 500 feet away); Polk's Brigade (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

More about 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 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).”

According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the marker is, “4' square at base and 4'8" high, the marker is a simple rock-faced slab with a bronze inscription plaque set into one side and a peaked top," and that "This marker

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 24, 2019

2. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

Close-up view of the text.

set on an extra large foundation."

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 24, 2019

3. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

View of the marker looking northeast along the park hiking trail.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 24, 2019

4. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 24, 2019

5. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

View of the marker looking west along the park hiking trail.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 125 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 18, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.