Helm's Brigade

Helm's Brigade (HM1MWD)

Location: Chickamauga, GA 30707 Catoosa County
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N 34° 56.004', W 85° 15.269'

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Breckinridge's Division.

— Hill's Corps. —

Text on the First Tablet:

Helm's Brigade.
Breckinridge's Division, Hill's Corps.
Brigadier General Benjamin Hardin Helm.
Colonel Joseph H. Lewis.
September 20, 1863.

41st Alabama, - Colonel Martin L. Stansel.
2nd Kentucky, - Lieutenant Colonel James W. Hewitt.
4th Kentucky, - Major Thomas W. Thompson.
6th Kentucky, - Colonel Joseph H. Lewis.
6th Kentucky, - Lieutenant Colonel Martin H. Cofer.
9th Kentucky, - Lieutenant Colonel John C. Wickliffe.
Cobb's (Kentucky) Battery, - Captain Robert Cobb

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Text on the Second Tablet:

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At 9:45 a.m. the brigade advanced as the left of its division from a line 400 yards in rear of this point came under heavy fire from the front and an enfilading fire of infantry and artillery from the left. The formation from right to left was 6th and 4th Kentucky, 41st Alabama, 9th and 2nd Kentucky. In advancing the 6th and 4th Kentucky and six companies of the 41st Alabama passed to the right of the Union breastworks and continued with the rest of the division to the Lafayette road. The 2nd and 9th Kentucky and four companies of the 41st Alabama struck the breastworks and were repulsed in three successive assaults General Helm being killed on this ground while rallying his line. This portion of the brigade was then moved to the right and there formed out of fire with the rest of the brigade.
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Marker Number1163
Placed ByChickamauga-Chattanooga National Battlefield Commission
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Date Added Saturday, August 15th, 2015 at 1:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 659418 N 3867048
Decimal Degrees34.93340000, -85.25448333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 56.004', W 85° 15.269'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 56' 0.24" N, 85° 15' 16.14" W
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Area Code(s)706
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near Alexander Bridge Rd, Chickamauga GA 30707, US
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