68th Indiana Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

68th Indiana Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

O'Connell and Trisher, contractor.

68th Indiana Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

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Marker: Indiana oolithic stone; Relief plaques: bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: Indiana oolithic stone.

Marker: approx. 9 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 21 in. x 8 ft. x 6 ft. 6 in.

(Front of marker, below relief panel, raised lettering:) 68TH REGT INDIANA INFANTRY/2ND BRIGADE-KING, 4TH DIVISION-REYNOLDS/14TH CORPS-THOMAS (Bronze plaque on rear of marker:) INDIANA'S TRIBUTE/TO HER/SIXTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT INFANTRY/CAPTAIN HARVEY J. ESPY, COMMANDING/SECOND BRIGADE (KING)/FOURTH DIVISION (REYNOLDS)/FOURTEENTH CORPS (THOMAS)/(followed by a description of the battle and the Corps' role in it) unsigned

A marker with rectangular limestone relief panel on the front depicting a uniformed Civil War soldier against a forest background. The soldier is seen turned to his right, kneeling on his proper right knee. He holds a rifle before him by the barrel, the stock touching the ground. The soldier has a moustache and wears a cap, with pouches attached to his rear waist. Above the relief is a circular, bronze State of Indiana seal. On the rear of the marker is a bronze plaque with a soldier's cap, crossed rifles, and other implements in relief. The marker has a pyramidal cap and is topped with an acorn. It is set upon a short, rectangular, rough-edged base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

State of Being -- Evil -- War

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, Lafayette Road, Poe Field Line, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia

The monument commemorates the involvement of the 68th Indiana Regiment, Indiana Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It marks the position held by the regiment during the battle. It was placed by the State of Indiana for $1,000. IAS files contain 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.; copy of Georgia Historic Resources 1988 form, Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The monument is on the National Park List of Classified Structures No. 08784 or 08835.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7118, GA7169, 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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Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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