Second Minnesota Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

Second Minnesota Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

Taft, Lorado Zadoc, 1860-1936, sculptor.

Mitchell, George H., contractor.

George H. Mitchell & Company, founder.

Second Minnesota Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

1894. Dedicated 1895.

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Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: granite; Plaques: bronze; Base: granite.

Monument: approx. 20 ft. x 8 ft. x 4 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 11 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.

(Upper front of pedestal, raised lettering:) 2ND. MINNESOTA (Plaques on each side of pedestal describe the battle and list regiment engaged) unsigned

A bronze grouping of three uniformed Civil War soldiers, one holding a flag and two kneeling on either side of him, is mounted on a rectangular granite. The soldier on the proper right has a backpack and holds his rifle. The soldier on the proper left has just been shot and grasps his chest as he falls backward. Bronze inscription plaques are mounted on each side of the base. Flanking each plaque are reliefs of decorative leaves and other foliage. The monument is mounted upon a rectangular, two-step base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure group -- Male

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

State of Being -- Illness -- Wound

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, Snodgrass Hill, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia

The monument commemorates the involvement of the 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It was placed by the veterans. Another cast of this work stands in the Marion National Cemetery, in Marion, Indiana. 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. 03216.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN0086, 1989.

Monumental News, Dec. 1894, pg. 596, 605.

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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