WHITFIELD-MURRAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

DALTON, GA

Battle of Chickamauga – 21st Michigan Infantry Regiment Monument (Walker County, Georgia) Historic Twenty-First Michigan Infantry Regiment Monument in Glenn Field in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia. Erected in 1895 by the State of Michigan to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. The original bronze eagle and bronze relief panel with rifle are missing. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS ID No. IDLCS-03006
Battle of Chickamauga – 21st Michigan Infantry Regiment Monument (Walker County, Georgia) Credit: cmh2315fl

The Whitfield-Murray Historical Society is located in Dalton, Georgia and is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of the area. Founded in 1975, the organization has been collecting materials and educating the public about the region’s rich heritage ever since.

The Society is housed in the historic John E. Lewis House, a two-story brick building constructed in the late 19th century. Inside, visitors can explore the Society’s extensive collection of artifacts, photographs, and documents related to Whitfield and Murray counties. These materials provide insight into the area’s unique history, from the Civil War era to the present day.

The Society also hosts educational programs, lectures, and events throughout the year. Additionally, volunteers are always welcome and can assist with research, restoration, preservation, and other activities.

The Whitfield-Murray Historical Society is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-4pm. Admission is free and donations are appreciated. The Society serves as a valuable resource for those interested in learning more about the area’s past, present, and future.

WHITFIELD-MURRAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in DALTON GA. US MID #8401300395

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 182,504 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

Battle of Chickamauga – 21st Michigan Infantry Regiment Monument (Walker County, Georgia) Historic Twenty-First Michigan Infantry Regiment Monument in Glenn Field in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia. Erected in 1895 by the State of Michigan to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. The original bronze eagle and bronze relief panel with rifle are missing. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS ID No. IDLCS-03006
Battle of Chickamauga – 4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Monument (Walker County, Georgia) Historic Fourth Michigan Cavalry Regiment Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. Erected in 1895 by the State of Michigan to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. It features a bronze base relief panel of soldiers at Reed’s Bridge. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS ID No. IDLCS-03017
Battle of Chickamauga – 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Monument (Catoosa County, Georgia) Historic Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Monument at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. The monument was erected in 1890 by the State of Pennsylvania to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. It features a bronze relief panel of a charging cavalryman. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS ID No. IDLCS-03149
Battle of Chickamauga – 82nd Indiana Infantry Regiment Monument (Walker County, Georgia) Historic Eighty-Second Indiana Infantry Regiment Monument at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia. The Indiana oolitic limestone monument was erected by the State of Indiana in 1898 to honor the unit in the Battle of Chickamauga. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS Classified Structures ID No. IDLCS-08776
Battle of Chickamauga – 17th Ohio Infantry Monument (Catoosa County, Georgia) Historic Seventeenth Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Ohio in 1894 to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. It has a relief carving of kneeling soldier. Ohio erected 55 regimental monuments at Chickamauga and no two were the same. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-03034
Battle of Chickamauga – 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment (Hazen’s Brigade) Monument (Catoosa County, Georgia) Historic Thirty-Third Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument on Brock Field in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Ohio in 1894 to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. The monument features a large sculpted acorn finial. Ohio erected 55 regimental monuments at Chickamauga and no two were the same. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-03044
Battle of Chickamauga – 26th Ohio Infantry Monument (Catoosa County, Georgia) Historic 26th Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Ohio in 1894 to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. It is a vertical slab with a granite bas relief draped female. Ohio erected 55 regimental monuments at Chickamauga and no two were the same. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-03040
Battle of Chickamauga – Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Monument (Walker County, Georgia) Historic Battery G, First Ohio Light Artillery Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Ohio in 1894 to honor the unit in the Battle of Chickamauga. Ohio erected 55 regimental monuments at Chickamauga and no two were the same. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-03058
Battle of Chickamauga – 105th Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument (Catoosa County, Georgia) Historic 105th Ohio Infantry Regiment Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Ohio in 1894 to honor the regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. Ohio erected 55 regimental monuments at Chickamauga and no two were the same. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-03035
Battle of Chickamauga – 3rd Ohio Cavalry Regiment Monument (Walker County, Georgia) Historic Third Ohio Cavalry Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Ohio in 1894 to honor the cavalry regiment in the Battle of Chickamauga. Ohio erected 55 regimental monuments at Chickamauga and no two were the same. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-03120
Battle of Chickamauga – Georgia State Monument (Catoosa County, Georgia) Historic Georgia State Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Georgia in 1899 to honor Georgia soldiers that fought in the Battle of Chickamauga. This 87 ft. monument is topped by a bronze Confederate color-bearer and has a bronze infantryman, artilleryman and cavalryman mounted on pedestals at the base. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-08838
Battle of Chickamauga – Georgia State Monument (Catoosa County, Georgia) Historic Georgia State Monument in the Chickamauga Unit of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County, Georgia. The monument was erected by the State of Georgia in 1899 to honor Georgia soldiers that fought in the Battle of Chickamauga. This 87 ft. monument is topped by a bronze Confederate color-bearer and has a bronze infantryman, artilleryman and cavalryman mounted on pedestals at the base. Union troops suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863) and retreated to safety in Chattanooga where two months later the entrenched Union forces defeated the Confederates during the Battle of Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863). This and other century old monuments at the Chickamauga Battlefield are contributing resources to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park’s 1966 National Register of Historic Places listing (NRHP No. 66000274). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield sites were designated as the first national battlefield park created by the federal government to memorialize significant military engagements of the Civil War. NPS List of Classified Structures ID Number IDLCS-08838

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PO BOX 6180
DALTON
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30722-6180

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MID # 8401300395
Name WHITFIELD-MURRAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
Alternate Name WHITFIELD-MURRAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 581264134
NTEECC A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 182,504
REVENUE 182,504
LAT/LONG 34.771301, -84.971794
CODES FIPS State Code: 13
FIPS County Code: 313
US Census Tract: 000502
US Census Block: 1093