Near Fort Oglethorpe in Walker County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Kershaw's Brigade
McLaws' Division
| | Longstreet's Corps | |
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 18, 2012
1. Kershaw's Brigade Marker
McLaws' Division, - Longstreet's Corps.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Brevard Kershaw.
Sept. 20, 1863, Noon
2d South Carolina, - Lieut. Col. Franklin Gaillard.
3d South Carolina, - Col. James D. Nance.
7th South Carolina, - Lieut. Col. Elbert Bland.
8th South Carolina, - Col. John W. Henagan.
15th South Carolina, - Col. Joseph F. Gist.
3d South Carolina Battalion, - Capt. Joshua M. Townsend.
This Brigade followed Hood's Division in its advance and attack upon the Union line west of the Poe house. Reaching this ground it changed front to meet the attack upon Hood's Division from Harker's Union Brigade which had formed across the Dyer field from east to west northwest of this point and checked Hood's troops. Kershaw changing front to the right attacked Harker and after severe fighting forced him and fragments of other regiments back first to the road in his rear and then to the Snodgrass Ridge. Kershaw then with Humphreys' Brigade on his right advanced soon after 1 o'clock to the assault of Snodgrass Ridge.
Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1944.
Location. 34° 55.247′ N, 85° 15.874′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Walker County. It is on Glenn-Kelly Road north of Dyer Road, on the left when traveling north. This historical marker is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, along the west side of the Glenn-Kelly Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker 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 itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 18, 2012
2. Kershaw's Brigade Marker
View of the historical marker looking north along the Glenn - Kelly Road, with a view of Snodgrass Hill off in the far distant left background of the picture.
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 monument 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).”
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, July 18, 2012
3. Kershaw's Brigade Marker
View of the historical marker in the foreground, and of Snodgrass Hill and the South Carolina Memorial Monument in the distant background.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2017. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 614 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 29, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
