Near Fort Oglethorpe in Walker County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
25th Tennessee Regiment
Bushrod R. Johnson's Brigade
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2012
1. 25th Tennessee Regiment Marker
Bushrod R. Johnson's Brigade
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This Regiment Under Command of
Lieut. Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden
Was Here Heavily Engaged in the Attack
On Snodgrass Hill on Sunday Afternoon,
September 20, 1863.
Erected 1923 by the State of Tennessee. (Marker Number MT-1398.)
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 20, 1863.
Location. 34° 55.613′ N, 85° 16.453′ W. Memorial is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Walker County. It can be reached from Vittetoe Road west of Vittetoe-Chickamauga Road when traveling west. This historical marker is located in the northwest section of the Chickamauga National Military Park, near the Snodgrass Hill area of the driving tour, along the part of the battlefield known as Horseshoe Ridge. To view this historical marker drive to the parking area for Horseshoe Ridge (just beyond the Snodgrass House tour stop) and proceed westward on foot, along the southern crest of the ridge for a little more than 0.4 of a mile, past Hill #2, past Hill #3, all the way to the central area of the clearing on Hill #4, alongside the park trail. According to the location information provided by the National Park Service the, “Monument located within the Chickamauga Battlefield on Snodgrass Hill, map site #153”. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 25th Tennessee Infantry (here, next to this marker); York's Georgia Battery (here, next to this marker); 44th Tennessee Infantry (a few steps from this marker); 78th Illinois Infantry (a few steps from this marker); 23rd Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Mitchell's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Tennessee C.S.A. Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 17th Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.
More about this memorial. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the monument is, “7' x 6' x 10' high, the monument has the form of a squat obelisk with molded base set on a large slab. Front has relief carving of crossed flags over an inscription.”
The
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2012
2. 25th Tennessee Regiment Marker
Close-up view of the text on the historical 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, August 1, 2012
3. 25th Tennessee Regiment Marker
View of both of the monuments erected to the memory of 25th Tennessee.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2012
4. 25th Tennessee Regiment Marker
Distant view, looking west, of the historical monument, in the middle of the clearing, along the side of the park trail.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2012
5. 25th Tennessee Regiment Marker
View looking east of the historical monument.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 695 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 15, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
