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
Date:
Installed 1894
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7367, 1989.
Image on file.
(Front of marker, raised lettering:) 1861 (seal) 1865/(relief)/17TH OHIO INFANTRY,/LT. COL. DURBIN WARD COMMANDING/CONNELL'S BRIGADE, BRANNAN'S DIVISION/14TH ARMY CORPS (Bronze plaque on rear of marker: account of the battle) unsigned
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Summary:
A rectangular, rough-edged commemorative marker with a curved relief of a Civil War soldier. He wears a uniform and cap and faces to the right, kneeling on his proper right knee and holding his rifle on his proper right side with both hands. Carved laurel and oak leaves adorn the top arches above the relief. The marker is topped with a rough-edged cap with a medallion of the State of Ohio seal in the center. Above the medallion is an acorn. The marker is set upon a rectangular, rock-faced base.
