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

94th Ohio Infantry

1st Brigade

— 1st Division —

94th Ohio Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 11, 2015

1. 94th Ohio Infantry Marker

View of the front side of the monument.

Inscription. Text on the Front Side of the Monument:

94th Ohio Infantry,
1st Brigade, 1st Division,
14th Army Corps.
Text on the Back Side of the Monument:

This Regiment, Major Rue P. Hutchins commanding, engaged the enemy, with General Baird's Division, Saturday morning, September 19th, 1863, advancing three-fourths of a mile East from the Kelly House. A counter-attack of superior numbers caused the Division to retire on the line of Reed's Bridge Road. The Regiment advanced again that evening, with Scribner's and Starkweather's Brigades, in support of General Johnson's Division, and became engaged with the enemy upon the ground occupied in the morning.

During the battle of Sunday, September 20th, 1863, the Regiment fought upon the ground marked by this monument, until ordered to retire with the Division to Rossville.

Present for duty September 18th, 1863, ... 309. Killed, Wounded, and Captured September 19-20, 1863, ... 46.

Organized at Piqua, Ohio, August 23-24, 1862. Term three years.

Erected 1894 by the State of Ohio. (Marker Number MT-1024.)

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°

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55.941′ N, 85° 15.31′ W. Marker is in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Memorial is on Battleline Road south of Alexander Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south. This monument is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, The monument is located near the northern end of the line of mostly Union monuments, markers, and tablets that are situated along the park's Battleline Road. According to the location information provided by the National Park Service the, “Monument located within the Chickamauga Battlefield along Battleline Road, map site #56”. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Scribner's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Maney's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); 33rd Ohio Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 38th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 3rd and 5th Confederate Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 2nd Ohio Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Baird's Division (within shouting distance of this marker); 4th Indiana Battery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

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Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 11, 2015

2. 94th Ohio Infantry Marker

View of the back side of the monument.

marker. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the monument is, “This 6' x 3' x 13' monument features a 2-piece rock-faced base and vertically oriented, round-topped slab with a sculpted relief of a soldier in act of raising his rifle to firing position. Unit designation below relief.”

The National Park Service also identifies the E. F. Carr Company of Quincy, Massachusetts as being the Architect.

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 11, 2015

3. 94th Ohio Infantry Marker

Close-up view of the text on the backside of the monument.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 11, 2015

4. 94th Ohio Infantry Marker

View of the monument looking north along the Battleline Road.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 11, 2015

5. 94th Ohio Infantry Marker

View of the monument looking south along Battleline Road.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 11, 2015

6. 94th Ohio Infantry Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 371 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 27, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.