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87TH INDIANA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL

87TH INDIANA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

City: FORT OGLETHORPE

State: Georgia

Zip Code: 30742

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

INDIANA’S TRIBUTE TO HER EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, COLONEL NEWELL GLEASON, COMMANDING. SEPTEMBER 20TH 1863 FROM 11AM TO 1PM THE REGIMENT WAS ENGAGED IN KELLY FIELD EAST OF THE LAFAYETTE ROAD. ABOUT 11AM THE REGIMENT WAS ATTACKED WITH GREAT FURY REPULSED THE ENEMY AND DROVE HIM BEYOND THE FIELD. AT 1:30PM RETIRED TO SNODGRASS HILL, WHERE THIS MONUMENT STANDS.
WENT INTO BATTLE WITH EFFECTIVE FORCE OF 366; KILLED 7 OFFICERS, 33 ENLISTED MEN; WOUNDED 4 OFFICERS, 138 ENLISTED MEN; MISSING 8; TOTAL CASUALTIES 190. PERCENT OF LOSS 51.5.


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