Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The newly created Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was used during the Spanish–American War as a major training center for troops in the southern states. The park was temporarily renamed "Camp George H. Thomas " in honor of the union army commander during the Civil War battle at the site.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
In December 1862, the regiment received a new brigade commander, Colonel John T. Wilder. After frustrating chases on foot after mounted rebel cavalry raiders, the brigade was converted to mounted infantry. At the same time, Wilder proposed to the regiments in the brigade the private purchase of repeating rifles.
This page was last edited on 5 December 2024, at 22:03 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
New York State Monument (1893) New York Auxiliary State Monument (1925) Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, 1914 also includes several portrait statues, Abraham Lincoln (1911–13) by J. Otto Schweizer, west side; Governor Andrew Curtin (1911–13) by William Clark Noble, west side; General George Meade (1911–13) by Lee Lawrie, north side
By the middle of April 1863, Wilder's brigade was fully mounted. Having witnessed a demonstration of a new repeating rifle by Christopher Miner Spencer in March, Wilder determined to arm his brigade with that weapon. Wilder got his soldiers' whole-hearted support to re-arm them with the Spencer repeating rifle, and each soldier pledged a note ...