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

McNair's Brigade

Johnson's Division

— Longstreet's Corps —

 
 
McNair's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 10, 2016
1. McNair's Brigade Marker
A close-up view of the text on this tablet.
Inscription.
McNair's Brigade
Johnson's Division, - Longstreet's Corps.
Brigadier General Evander McNair
Colonel David Coleman.
September 20, 1863, 7 a.m.

1st Arkansas Rifles, (Dismounted) - Colonel Robert W. Harper.
2d Arkansas Rifles, (Dismounted) - Colonel J. A. Williamson.
25th Arkansas, - Lieutenant Colonel Eli Hufstedler.
4th and 31st Arkansas and
4th Arkansas Battalion, Consolidated, - Major J. A. Ross.
39th North Carolina, - Colonel David Coleman.
Culpeper's (South Carolina) Battery, - Captain J. F. Culpeper.

The Brigade formed the right of the front line of Johnson's Division on the morning of September 20th. It moved with the line in the general advance at 11:10 a.m. and crossed the Lafayette Road a short distance north of the Brotherton house.
 
Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number MT-1193.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 20, 1863.
 
Location. 34° 55.105′ N, 85° 15.471′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. It is on Brotherton Road east
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of LaFayette Road, on the left when traveling east. This marker is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, along one of the park roadways. 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 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: 105th Ohio Infantry (a few steps from this marker); Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson (within shouting distance of this marker); Johnson's Division (within shouting distance of this marker); Gregg's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Law's Brigade (about
McNair's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 10, 2016
2. McNair's Brigade Marker
View of the tablet looking east along Brotherton Road.
300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 6th Ohio Infantry (about 400 feet away); 84th Illinois Infantry (about 400 feet away); 36th Indiana Infantry (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.
 
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 marker number for this tablet and the tablet'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).”
 
McNair's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 10, 2016
3. McNair's Brigade Marker
View of the tablet looking north, and of the woods just beyond the marker.
McNair's Brigade Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 10, 2016
4. McNair's Brigade Marker
View of the tablet looking west along Brotherton Road.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2017. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2016, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 488 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 6, 2016, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
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