Monument to the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry

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Title: Monument to the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Creator: Schmedling (photographer)
Description: This photograph depicts a monument to the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. John A. Martin, of Heg's Brigade, Davis' Division, McCook's Corps. A bronze plaque commemorates the regiment's September 1863 battle in Chickamauga, Georgia. The monument is located in Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, and was photographed by Schmedling of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Local Subject: Picturing the War
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Kansas military units
People: Schmedling (photographer)
Object Type: Image
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Civil War Photographs (Volunteer, Kansas Regiments), Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, E495 K2.Inf 8 *2-6
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact Kansas Memory at: State Archives, Topeka, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka KS 66615-1099, Phone: (785) 272-8681, E-mail: reference@kshs.org Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Kansas Historical Society. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Kansas Historical Society.