Near Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Alabama State Monument
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2016
1. Alabama State Monument Marker
View of the west and north sides of the monument.
Text from the west side of the monument:
Alabama soldiers
who fought and fell on
Chickamauga Battlefield.
———————
This shaft shall point to
those exciting scenes and
visions long since flown,
for memory is the only
friend that grief can
call its own.
Alabama
Text from the north side of the monument:
Text from the east side of the monument:
Text from the south side of the monument:
Erected 1913 by State of Alabama. (Marker Number MT-1239.)
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 34° 55.472′ N, 85° 15.424′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Memorial is on Battleline Road near Alexanders Bridge Road, on the left when traveling south. This monument is located in the national park that preserves the site of the
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Georgia 4th Battalion Sharpshooters (within shouting distance of this marker); 36th Ohio Infantry (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Reynolds' Division (about 300 feet away); Eufaula Alabama Artillery (about 300 feet away); 21st Indiana Battery (about 300 feet away); 21st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery (about 300 feet away); Turchin's Brigade. (about 400 feet away); 18th Kentucky Infantry (USA) (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.
More about this monument. According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the monument is, “32'6" high monument consists of two-step base measuring 7' square and a pedestal with four carved stone cannon tubes at the corners that supports an obelisk with a single
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2016
2. Alabama State Monument Marker
View of the east and south sides of the monument.
The National Park Service also identifies Tocoa Cozant, & E. E. Betts, as being the Designer and Architect of this monument.
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 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 9, 2016
3. Alabama State Monument Marker
A close-up view of the text on the west side of the monument.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2016
4. Alabama State Monument Marker
View looking west, of the monument in the right foreground, with a distant view of Battleline Road in the background.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2016
5. Alabama State Monument Marker
View looking east, of a tablet along the Battleline Road, with a distant view of the featured monument in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2016, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 703 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 15, 2016, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
