Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Howell's Georgia Battery
Wilson's Brigade
| | Walker's Division | |
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016
1. Howell's Georgia Battery Marker
Georgia.
Howell's Battery.
Captain Evan P. Howell.
Wilson's Brigade.
Walker's Division.
10 A.M. September 19, 1863.
Erected 1898 by State of Georgia. (Marker Number MT-1261.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1863.
Location. 34° 55.586′ N, 85° 14.309′ W. Marker is in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. It is on Brotherton Road east of Alexander Bridge Road, on the right when traveling east. This marker is located within the Chickamauga Battlefield, along the north side of the Brotherton Road (about midway between the Alexander Bridge Road and the Jay's Mill 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 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: A different marker also named Howell's Georgia Battery (a few steps from this marker); 2nd Ohio Infantry (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Liddell's Brigade (about 700 feet away); Woods Brigade. (about 700 feet away); Calvert's Arkansas Battery (about 700 feet away); Semple's Alabama Battery (about 700 feet
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More about this marker. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the marker is, “A rock-faced, peaked-top granite slab, 4'6" wide x 6' high x 1'8" thick, that carries an inscription, with crossed cannon barrels carved in relief above it. Marks unit's position on September 19, 1863, at 10:00 a.m."
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 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, August 22, 2016
2. Howell's Georgia Battery Marker
View, looking northwest along the Brotherton Road, of the backside of the featured cut-stone marker, situated with a tablet and a cannon representing the battery's battlefield position.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016
3. Howell's Georgia Battery Marker
View, looking west along the Brotherton Road, of the featured cut-stone marker, situated with a tablet and two cannons representing the battery's battlefield position.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016
4. Howell's Georgia Battery Marker
Distant view of the featured cut-stone marker situated with a tablet and two cannons representing the battery's battlefield position.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016
5. Howell's Georgia Battery Marker
Distant view, looking west along the Brotherton Road, of the featured cut-stone marker situated with two cannons representing the battery's battlefield position.
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016
6. Howell's Georgia Battery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2016, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 526 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 27, 2016, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
