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86th Indiana Regiment Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Walsh, John, contractor. Title:  86th Indiana Regiment Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1897. Medium:  Marker: Indiana oolitic stone; Relief plaque: bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Marker: approx. 9 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. W. 5 ft. x D. 3 ft. Inscription:  (Front of marker, incised lettering:) 86TH/INDIANA Description:  A relief plaque depicting a Civil War battle scene, including soldiers and cannons, and a circular State of Indiana seal, on front of a rough marker with rounded top. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure group Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe Relief Sculpture Owner:  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, Brotherton Field, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia Remarks:  The monument commemorates the involvement of the Eighty-sixth Indiana Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Civil of Chickamauaga during the Civil War. It was placed by the State of Indiana and veterans. The cost was $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. 08798. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7132, 1989. Illustration:  Kerr, Jack, "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS GA000645   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000645 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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