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5th Wisconsin Battery Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Anderson Granite Company, contractor. Title:  5th Wisconsin Battery Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1895. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: granite and bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 4 in x 4 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. Inscription:  (Scroll on top front of sculpture:) (Raised star)/THIS BATTERY/CAPT. GEORGE C. GARDNER COMMANDING,/ATTACHED TO POST'S BRIGADE, WAS DETAILED/TO COVER THE WITHDRAWING OF THE TRAINS/FROM STEVEN'S GAP TO CRAWFISH/SPRING AND THENCE TO CHATTANOOGA/UPON REACHING FOOT OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN/IT MET AN ATTACK WHICH WAS REPULSED/BY THE FREE USE OF CANISTER/IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST COMMANDS TO/CROSS CHICKAMAUGA CREEK (Front of sculpture, raised lettering:) 5TH WISCONSIN BATTERY,/1ST BRIGADE, 1ST DIVISION 20TH CORPS (Medallion on rear of sculpture:) WISCONSIN unsigned Description:  A monument with a granite block with a wagon wheel on each side, a curved bronze scroll placed over the top. On the back of the monument is a bronze medallion of the State of Wisconsin seal. The monument has a three-tiered rough-edge base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Object -- Other -- Wheel Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe 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, Chickamauga-Vittleloe Road, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia Remarks:  The monument commemorates the involvement of the 5th Wisconsin Battery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th 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 Wisconsin and veterans. 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. The monument is on the National Park List of Classified Structures No. 03250. 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, GA7483, 1989. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 GA000640   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000640 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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