Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Walthall's Brigade
Liddell's Division
— Walker's Corps —
Photographed By Byron Hooks, June 1, 2011
1. Walthall's Brigade Marker
View of the marker for Walthall's Brigade. There should be two tables, but tablet one was missing, its post is on the left side of tablet. two.
Tablet 1
Tablet 2
Immediately after this brigade had captured battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery Croxton’s Union Brigade advanced against the left flank of Liddell’s Division and obliged it to retire rapidly by the right to avoid capture. It withdrew to the right of Cheatham’s Division. At 3 o’clock it again moved to the right and formed on this ground for advance with Liddell’s Brigade on the right. It attacked the Union line in position on the open ground in its front but after a sharp engagement both brigades withdrew to the ground from which they had advanced and bivouacked.
Erected 1890 by War Department. (Marker Number MT-1227.)
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil.
Location. 34° 55.432′ N, 85° 14.167′ W. Marker is in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Memorial can be reached from Brotherton Road
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Fowler’s Alabama Battery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wilson's Brigade (about 600 feet away); Field Headquarters - Army of Tennessee (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bragg's Headquarters Shell Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wood’s Brigade. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Walker's Division (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cleburne's Division (approx. 0.2 miles away); 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.
More about this marker. This marker has two tablets, table one was missing on 6/1/2011
Approximately 700 metal position and descriptive markers with raised lettering were installed on the Chickamauga/ Chattanooga Battlefield by the War Department in 1890. This plaque is red indicating it is for a Confederate unit. Plaques are listed in the NPS List of Classified Structures as a batch input, Structure Number HS-Batch-3.
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 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).
Regarding Walthall's Brigade. Typically when there are two tables for a brigade, table one list the commanders and the units that make
Photographed By Byron Hooks, June 1, 2011
2. Walthall's Brigade Marker
Close up view of the post for tablet one. Table two is to its right.
Liddell's Division ......... Walker's Corps.
Brigadier General Edward Cary Walthall.
September 19, 1863, 11:30 A.M.
24th Mississippi, - Lieutenant Colonel R. P. McKelvaine.
27th Mississippi, - Colonel James A. Campbel.
29th Mississippi, - Colonel William F. Brantly.
30th Mississippi, - Colonel Junius I. Scales.
34th Mississippi, - Major William G. Pegram.
Fowler's Alabama Battery, - Captain William H. Fowler.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. This link is to other plaques to Walthall's Brigade.
Also see . . .
1. Death Knell of the Confederacy. Link to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park web site. (Submitted on September 8, 2019, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)
2. Battle of Chickamauga. Overview of the Battle of Chickamauga provided by the American Battlefield Trust. (Submitted on September 8, 2019, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)
Photographed By Byron Hooks, June 1, 2011
3. Walthall's Brigade Marker
Close up view of table two.
Photographed By Byron Hooks, June 1, 2011
4. Walthall's Brigade Marker
A more distant view of the tables for Walthall's Brigade showing its setting.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2019, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 145 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 8, 2019, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
