17th Georgia Infantry Marker

C.S.A.
Georgia.
17th Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Matthews.
Benning's Brigade.
Law's Hood's, Division.
4 p.m., September 19, 1863.

This monument is visible from the road. It is located at N 34° 54.302  W 85° 15.684. Map it



To reach this monument:
Marker is on LaFayette Road 0.1 miles north of Viniard-Alexander Road, on the right when traveling north. This historical marker is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, along the east side of LaFayette Road.

There are 15 monuments nearby.

Harker's Brigade Tablet (MT-592) (Is only 58 feet away) ; Benning's Brigade Tablet (MT-1133) (Is only 58 feet away) ; 35th Illinois Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-680) (Is only 81 feet away) ; 20th Georgia Infantry Marker (MT-1308) (about 113 feet away) ; 2nd Georgia Infantry Marker (MT-1296) (about 148 feet away) ; 8th Kansas Infantry Monument (MT-858) (about 168 feet away) ; Heg's Brigade Tablet (MT-602) (about 202 feet away) ; Site of Log School House (MT-1444) (about 220 feet away) ; Wood's Division Tablet (MT-535) (about 239 feet away) ; 15th Georgia Infantry Marker (MT-1303) (about 263 feet away) ; 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Regiment Marker (MT-826) (about 353 feet away) ; 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-1079) (about 356 feet away) ; 25th Illinois Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-676) (about 376 feet away) ; 26th Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument (MT-980) (about 470 feet away) ; Hans C. Heg Memorial Shell Monument (MT-424) (about 518 feet away) ; Map all of the Monuments on the battlefield.

17th Georgia Infantry Marker (MT-1305)

Map all the monuments to the 17th Georgia Infantry Regiment on the Battlefield.

This monument is recorded in the National Park Service database as structure MT-1306.

This is a standard Georgia marker, built between 1898 and 1899. The marker is a rock-faced, peaked-top granite slab, 4'6" wide x 6' high x 1'8" thick, that carries an inscription, with a cartridge box carved in relief above it. It marks the unit’s location on September 19, 1863 at 4:00 P.M.

Allegiance: Confederate
Type: Marker
Level: Regiment
Military Arm: Infantry

This page originally submitted by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, GA, on November 25, 2018. This page has been viewed 94 time(s) since then. This page has been updated 0 time(s) since then. BG Hooks was the editor who published this page on November 27, 2018. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4 were submitted on 11/25/2018 by Byron Hooks.