Battery C, First Ohio Light Artillery Monument, (sculpture).

Battery C, First Ohio Light Artillery Monument, (sculpture).

O'Connor, A., sculptor.

Willard, A. M., designer.

Niehaus, Charles Henry, 1855-1935, sculptor.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

E. F. Carr & Company, contractor.

Battery C, First Ohio Light Artillery Monument, (sculpture).

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Marker: granite; Relief plaque: bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: granite.

Marker: approx. 4 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 3 in.; Seal: approx. Diam. 15 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 7 ft. x 5 ft. 7 in.

(Relief plaque on front of marker:) (Top right corner:) A. O'Connor Sculp (Top left corner:) A.M. Willard del (Bottom right corner:) CAST BY THE HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO. N.Y. (Front of marker, raised and polished lettering:) BATTERY C/1ST OHIO LT. ARTILLERY (Front of base, raised lettering and polished lettering:) CROXTON'S BRIGADE, BRANNAN'S DIVISION/14TH ARMY CORPS (Seal on center front of base:) OHIO C.H. NIEHAUS (Bronze plaque on rear of marker: account of the battle) signed Founder's mark appears.

A bronze relief plaque portraying Civil War soldiers firing artillery pieces is mounted on the front of a granite marker topped with a artillery tube. The marker is mounted upon a rectangular, sloping base with the State of Ohio seal on the front. The bottom edge of the base is rough-edged.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

State of Being -- Evil -- War

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Architecture -- Military -- Battlefield

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, Poe Road, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia

The monument commemorates the involvement of Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Croxton's Brigade, Brannan's Division, 14th Army Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It was placed by the State of Ohio and veterans. It marks the position held by the regiment during the battle. The relief plaque was designed by A. M. Willard, sculpted by A. O'Connor, and cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company. The State of Ohio seal was sculpted by Charles Henry Niehaus. IAS files contain: 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. 03053. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7386, 1989.

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