Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park P. O. Box 2128 Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia 30742
Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Glenn Hill Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia
Date:
1895. Pedestal replaced 1906
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7451, 1989.
Image on file.
Kerr, Jack, "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.
(Bottom right corner of monument, proper left side:) Miller Munchen (Front of pedestal:) (Raised CSA emblem)/In commemoration of the/heroism of her sons,/September 19"-20" 1863/TENNESSEE/ERECTS THIS MONUMENT/CAVALRY (Rear of pedestal:) 1ST REGIMENT LT. COL. JAMES P. BROWNLOW/1ST BRIGADE, COL. DANIEL M. RAY,/FIRST DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS./2ND REGIMENT. LT. COL. WILLIAM R. COOK./SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS. signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier striking a death blow with his sword. His proper right hand reaches across his chest to grasp the sword from a sheath that he holds with his proper left hand. Both the sword and the sheath are now missing. The soldier is in uniform and wears a hat and boots. He stands with his proper left foot forward. The sculpture is set upon a castellated pedestal, mounted upon a two-tiered, stepped, rough-cut base.
