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2ND OHIO INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL

2ND OHIO INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

City: FORT OGLETHORPE

State: Georgia

Zip Code: 30742

Type of Memorial: War Memorials

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

SEPTEMBER 20TH THE REGIMENT OCCUPIED THIS POSITION THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUCCESSFULLY HOLDING THE LINE IN THE EXECUTION OF THE ORDER TO RETIRE ABOUT SUNDOWN, IT BECAME INVOLVED ON ITS FLANKS AND LOST SOME PRISONERS. NUMBER ENGAGED 18 OFFICERS, 394 MEN; TOTAL 412. LOSS, KILLED 9, WOUNDED 50; CAPTURED OR MISSING 122; TOTAL 181. AMONG THE WOUNDED WERE LIEUTENANT COLONEL MAXWELL AND MAJOR BEATTY.
SEE ALSO-2ND OHIO INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE


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