Near Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
5th Kentucky Infantry (USA)
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
1. 5th Kentucky (USA) Marker
Kentucky
Infantry U.S. Volunteers.
Erected 1899 by State of Kentucky. (Marker Number MT-866.)
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 34° 55.782′ N, 85° 15.312′ W. Memorial is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. It is on Battleline Road 0.3 miles south of Alexander Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Chickamauga GA 30707, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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: Johnson's Division (here, next to this marker); 5th Indiana Battery (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named 5th Indiana Battery (a few steps from this marker); 32nd Indiana Infantry (a few steps from this marker); 6th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st Ohio Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Baldwin's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); 93rd Ohio Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.
More about this memorial. The marker was erected in 1899 and is 1'8" x 1'2" x 3'2" high, a single block of granite,
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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).”
Also see . . . Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. National Park Service (Submitted on November 18, 2015.)
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
2. 5th Kentucky (USA) Marker
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
3. 5th Kentucky (USA) Marker
View of the monument looking northeast toward the Battleline Road.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
4. 5th Kentucky (USA) Marker
View of the monument looking east toward the Battleline Road.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
5. 5th Kentucky (USA) Marker
View of the marker looking southeast toward the 6th Indiana monument and the Battleline Road.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
6. 5th Kentucky (USA) Marker
View looking southwest of both the featured monument (on the near right) and the 32nd Indiana monument (on the far left).
Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 716 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on December 3, 2015, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 31, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
