Bridges' Illinois Battery

Bridges' Illinois Battery (HM1MZ9)

Location: Chickamauga, GA 30707 Catoosa County
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N 34° 56.179', W 85° 15.588'

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Beatty's Brigade

— Negley's Division —

Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light Artillery.
2 Napoleons, 4 3" Rifles.
Beatty's Brigade, Negley's Division, Thomas' Corps.
September 20, 1863.
Captain Lyman Bridges, Commanding.
1st Lieutenant William Bishop (killed).
1st Lieutenant Morris D. Temple.
2d Lieutenant Lyman A. White.
2d Lieutenant Franklin Seborn.


On September 19th this battery was engaged for several hours with the enemy's artillery at Glass' Mill. Later moved with the Brigade via Crawfish Spring to the Dyer field and bivouacked. On the 20th at 8 a.m. reached this position from which about 9:30 a.m. it opened fire upon the enemy then appearing in the woods and open field some 400 yards to the northeast.

After a fight, brief but desperate, the battery being attacked in front and flank, it was obliged to retire with the loss of two guns, one caisson, three limbers and 22 horses disabled. Lieutenants Temple and Seborn, with four guns, then reported to General Negley on Snodgrass Hill where they were soon afterwards joined by the Captain, who with the help of an infantry detachment, had hauled off four guns, abandoned by other batteries. The Battery retired soon after noon under General Negley's orders to Rossville, where it bivouacked. Total casualties: killed; 1 officer, 5 enlisted men; wounded, 16 enlisted men; missing, 4 enlisted men. Lost: 2 guns, 1 caisson, 3 limbers. Horses killed 46.
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Marker Number656
Placed ByChickamauga-Chattanooga National Battlefield Commission
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Date Added Monday, August 17th, 2015 at 9:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 658927 N 3867363
Decimal Degrees34.93631667, -85.25980000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 56.179', W 85° 15.588'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 56' 10.74" N, 85° 15' 35.28" W
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Area Code(s)706
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near Vittetoe Chickamauga Rd, Chickamauga GA 30707, US
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