Second Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Second Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

George H. Mitchell & Company, contractor.

Second Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Second Minnesota Infantry Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

1894. Dedicated Sept. 1895.

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Marker and relief: granite: Seal: bronze; Base: granite.

Marker: approx. 10 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. x 3 ft.

(Top front of marker, raised lettering:) 2ND MINNESOTA (Rear of marker, within state seal:) L'ETOILE DU NORD (Rear of marker, on polished panel, incised lettering:) THE SECOND REGIMENT MINNESOTA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY/IN VAN DER VEER'S BRIGADE/WAS HERE ENGAGED SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1963 BETWEEN 8 AND/10 O'CLOCK A.M. HOLDING ITS POSITION AGAINST REPEATED ASSAULTS/OF THE ENEMY. LOSING EIGHT MEN KILLED AND FORTY-ONE WOUNDED unsigned

A granite commemorative plaque with a relief depicting two uniformed Civil War soldiers preparing to fire their rifles. One soldier is loading his rifle and the other is kneeling with his rifle held on his proper right side. On the back of the marker is the State of Minnesota seal. The marker has alternating layers of finished and rock-faced granite, and is mounted upon a rock-faced base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure group -- Male

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

State of Being -- Evil -- War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe

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, Reed's Bridge Road, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia

The monument commemorates the involvement of the 2nd Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry in Van Der Veer's Brigade at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It was placed by the veterans and marks the position held by the regiment during the battle. The cost was $5,500. IAS files contain excerpt from Jack Kerr's "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.; and a copy of Georgia Historic Resources 1988 form, Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures, No. 03219.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7464, 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

Kerr, Jack, "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.

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