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The Wilder Brigade Monument (also known as the Wilder Tower) is a large public monument located at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The monument, which consists of a stone watchtower , was erected to honor the Lightning Brigade (led by John T. Wilder ) of the Northern Union Army 's ...
Wilder Tower, early 20th century postcard. The Lightning Brigade, also known as Wilder's Brigade or the Hatchet Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade from the American Civil War in the Union Army of the Cumberland from March 8, 1863, through November 1863.
Wilder Brigade Monument at the Chickamauga Battlefield unit. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in northern Georgia and southeastern Tennessee, preserves the sites of two major battles of the American Civil War: the Battle of Chickamauga and the Siege of Chattanooga.
The Maps of Chickamauga: An Atlas of the Chickamauga Campaign, Including the Tullahoma Operations, June 22 – September 23, 1863. New York: Savas Beatie, 2009. ISBN 978-1-932714-72-2. Powell, David A. The Chickamauga Campaign: A Mad Irregular Battle: From the Crossing of Tennessee River Through the Second Day, August 22 – September 19, 1863 ...
The regiment was converted to mounted infantry on March 8, 1863 [3] and became an element of "Wilder's Lightning Brigade", [note 1] a unit that pioneered the use of mounted infantry. [4] As part of that brigade, it performed admirably in the Tullahoma [5] [6] and Chickamauga campaigns.
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