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

29th Indiana Infantry

Dodge's Brigade

— Johnson's Division —

29th Indiana Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016

1. 29th Indiana Infantry Marker

Inscription. Indiana
Twenty-Ninth Regiment Infantry. (Dunn)
Second Brigade. (Dodge)
Second Division. (Johnson)
Twentieth Corps.(McCook)
Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 3 p.m.
to 7 p.m.

Erected 1898 by State of Indiana. (Marker Number MT-788.)

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° 55.271′ N, 85° 14.653′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker can be reached from Alexanders Bridge Road east of Brotherton 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 along a park hiking trail that runs through a section of wooded park land, off the southwest corner of the intersection of Alexanders Bridge Road and Brotherton Road. According to the location information provided by the National Park Service the monument can be located on the, "1934 Chickamauga Battlefield Monument Location Map, Site #108". 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. 77th Pennsylvania Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Preston Smith Memorial Shell Monument

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Smith's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); 20th Ohio Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); Dodge's Brigade (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Deshler's Brigade (about 400 feet away); 79th Illinois Infantry (about 400 feet away); 30th Indiana Infantry (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

More about this marker. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the monument is, "4' square at base and 4'8" high, the monument is a simple rock-faced slab with a bronze inscription plaque set into one side and a peaked top."

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

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016

2. 29th Indiana Infantry Marker

Close-up view of the text on the monument.

(using the Chick-Chatt NMP Monument Numbering System).”

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016

3. 29th Indiana Infantry Marker

View of the monument along the side of a park walking trail, well into the woods.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016

4. 29th Indiana Infantry Marker

A closer view of the monument along the side of a wooded park walking trail.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 22, 2016

5. 29th Indiana Infantry Marker

View of the monument, in a clearing, alongside of the park walking trail.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 219 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 26, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.