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 Poe Road Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN0062, 1989.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7369, 1989.
Monumental News, May 1894, pg. 234.
Image on file.
(Relief plaque:) MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS COMMANDING THE 14TH ARMY CORPS/(relief scene)/(account of the battle follows) (Front of marker, below relief plaque, raised and polished lettering:) 14TH OHIO INFANTRY/2ND BRIGADE, 3RD DIVISION, 14TH ARMY CORPS unsigned
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Summary:
A rounded, rough-cut marker with a bronze relief plaque depicting a Civil War battle scene. Major General George H. Thomas is seen in left profile, in uniform including a wide-brimmed hat. Soldiers on either side of him, fire at one another over a log fence in the center. On the rear of the marker is a circular State of Ohio seal. The marker is mounted upon a rough-cut, block base.
