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

10th Indiana Infantry

2nd Brigade

— 3rd Division —

10th Indiana Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 19, 2012

1. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

Inscription. Indiana
Tenth Regiment Infantry. (Carroll)
Second Brigade. (Croxton)
Third Division. (Brannan)
Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas)
Sunday, September 20th, 1863, 6 P.M.
to 8 P.M.

Erected 1898 by the State of Indiana. (Marker Number MT-779.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 20, 1773.

Location. 34° 55.674′ N, 85° 16.13′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Walker County. Marker can be reached from Vittetoe Road west of Vittetoe-Chickamauga Road when traveling west. This historical marker is located in the northwest section of the Chickamauga National Military Park, along a ridge called Snodgrass Hill. To view this historical marker drive to the parking area on Snodgrass Hill and the marker can be seen situated on the island in the middle of the parking lot. According to the location information provided by the National Park Service the, “Marker located within the Chickamauga Battlefield on Snodgrass Hill, map site #149”. 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. Defense of Snodgrass Hill (here, next to this marker); 9th Ohio Infantry.

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(a few steps from this marker); Croxton's Brigade (a few steps from this marker); Brannan's Division (a few steps from this marker); 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (US Volunteers) (a few steps from this marker); 87th Indiana Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 10th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (US Volunteers) (within shouting distance of this marker); 31st Ohio Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker). 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, “This standard Indiana regimental marker consists of a 4' x 4' x 4'8" high rock-faced oolitic stone block with a peaked top and a 12" x 18" bronze plaque affixed to its front. Marks regiment's position on Snodgrass Hill.”

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

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 19, 2012

2. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

Close-up view of the text on the historic marker.

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, July 19, 2012

3. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

View, looking north, of the historic marker, situated on the traffic island, in the parking lot for the park's Snodgrass Hill area.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 19, 2012

4. 10th Indiana Infantry Marker

View, looking west, of the historic marker, situated on the traffic island, in the parking lot for the park's Snodgrass Hill area.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2012, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 513 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 23, 2012, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.