Near Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
1. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
Fourth U.S. Artillery
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Corps.
Text on Plaque, affixed to the Front of the Monument:
4th. U.S. Artillery,
1st. Lieut. F. D. L. Russell
Commanding,
Grose's Brigade,
Palmer's Division,
Crittenden's Corps. was
engaged Sept. 19th, & 20 th, 1863.
Here the Battery
performed its most
important service.
Casualties;
enlisted men killed 2,
wounded 6;
horses killed or disabled 13.
Erected 1894 by the United States government. (Marker Number MT-1060.)
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1213.
Location. 34° 55.444′ N, 85° 15.666′ W. Memorial is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. It is on Poe Road south of Lafayette Road, on the right when traveling south. This historical marker is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, along the west side of the national park's battlefield tour roadway called Poe Road. According to the location information provided by the National
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Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Battery M, 4th U.S. Artillery (here, next to this marker); 75th Indiana Infantry (a few steps from this marker); 74th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 19th Indiana Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); 105th Ohio Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 10th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 101st Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); E. King's Brigade (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). 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, “6'6" x 6'6" x 7'6", rock-faced blue Westerly granite monument has single-slab base, battered inscribed pedestal & vertical shaft. Shaft contains bronze inscription plaque and large bronze flag that rises above top of stone.”
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
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
2. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
Close-up view of the text on the plaque that is affixed to the monument.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
3. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
View of the text inscribed on the stone base of the monument.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
4. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
5. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
6. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
View of the historical monument, looking south, along Poe Road.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
7. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
View of the historical monument, looking north, along Poe Road.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
8. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
A distant view of the historical monument, in the background, with the Poe Road street sign in the foreground.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 24, 2013
9. Battery M, Fourth U.S. Artillery Marker
A distant view of the historical monument (the second of the two monuments in view), in the background, with the Chickamauga Battlefield Tour sign in the foreground.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 677 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 28, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 8, 9. submitted on September 30, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
