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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| 124th Ohio Infantry Regiment Marker
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Structure Number:
| MT-1035
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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| No records. |
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Park:
| Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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1.
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
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Structure State:
| Georgia
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Structure County:
| Walker
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Region:
| Southeast
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Cluster:
| Appalachian
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Administrative Unit:
| Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
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LCS ID:
| 003097
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 07/25/1986
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Contributing
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Short Significance Description:
| Marker contributes to nat'l significance of park under NR Criterion A because it represents the national movement among veterans & related groups to commemorate Civil War battlefields. This was the first U.S. national military park.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year CE/BCE
| End Year
| End Year CE/BCE
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1894
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CE
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Monument (Marker, Plaque)
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Primary Current Use:
| Monument (Marker, Plaque)
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Special Feature
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Volume:
| 1 - 2,000 cubic feet
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Superstructure
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Granite
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Short Physical Description:
| A 1'6" x 1'6" x 3' high granite obelisk with a raised letter inscription. Marks unit's position on Harker Ridge on September 20, 1863, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
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