9th Ohio Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

9th Ohio Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Fettweis, Leopold, sculptor.

Niehaus, Charles Henry, 1855-1935, sculptor.

Leopold Fettweis Construction, contractor.

9th Ohio Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

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

Marker: approx. 17 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft. (47,000 lbs.).

(Bottom left corner of relief plaque:) Leopold Fett Weis (Seal, top of marker:) OHIO C.H. NIEHAUS (Lower front of marker, raised lettering:) 9TH OHIO INFANTRY/VAN DERVEER'S DIVISION/GRANNAN'S DIVISION/14TH ARMY CORPS signed

A bronze relief plaque depicting a full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier holding a flag and a rifle is mounted on the front of a granite marker. The soldier has a moustache and wears a cap. He holds the flag in his proper right hand and holds the barrel of his rifle in his proper left hand. The State of Ohio seal is above the relief, centered within molding. The marker is topped with a granite acorn and is mounted a square, two-stepped, rough-cut base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Ohio

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

State of Being -- Evil -- War

Object -- Other -- Flag

Object -- Foliage -- Acorn

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 9th Ohio Infantry, Van Derveer's Division, Grannan's Division, 14th Army Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It was placed by the State of Ohio and marks the position held by the regiment during the battle. The cost was $1,470. The relief plaque was sculpted by Leopold Fettweis. The State of Ohio seal was sculpted by Charles Henry Niehaus. IAS files contain: a related excerpt from Jack Kerr's "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga" Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.; 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. 03138. 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, GA7426, 1989.

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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