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

44th Tennessee Infantry

Fulton's Brigade

— Johnson's Division —

44th Tennessee Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2012

1. 44th Tennessee Infantry Marker

Inscription. Tennessee
44th Regiment Infantry
Fulton's Brigade
Johnson's Division.
Sundown,
September 20, 1863

Erected 1898 by the State of Tennessee. (Marker Number MT-1410.)

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° 55.608′ N, 85° 16.445′ 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, near the Snodgrass Hill area of the driving tour, along the part of the battlefield known as Horseshoe Ridge. To view this historical marker drive to the parking area for Horseshoe Ridge (just beyond the Snodgrass House tour stop) and proceed westward on foot, along the southern crest of the ridge for a little more than 0.4 of a mile, past Hill #2, past Hill #3, all the way to the southern edge of the clearing on Hill #4. 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. York's Georgia Battery (a few steps from this marker); 25th Tennessee Infantry (a few steps from

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this marker); 25th Tennessee Regiment (a few steps from this marker); Mitchell's Brigade (a few steps from this marker); Tennessee C.S.A. Infantry (a few steps from this marker); 50th Tennessee and 1st Tennessee Battalion Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 78th Illinois Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 113th 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, “1'6" wide x 1' deep x 3' high, the marker is a rectangular block of smooth-faced Tennesse gray marble inscribed on the front. Marks the unit's position on September 20, 1863, at sundown.”

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

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2012

2. 44th Tennessee Infantry Marker

View of the historical marker situated along the southern edge of the clearing, on Horseshoe Ridge's Hill #4.

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 1, 2012

3. 44th Tennessee Infantry Marker

View of the historical monument, looking northwest, with a view of the 25th Tennessee Memorial Monument in the background.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2012

4. 44th Tennessee Infantry Marker

View in the foreground of the historical monument, looking east, with a view of the State of Tennessee Memorial Monument in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 463 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 13, 2013, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.