Fort Oglethorpe in Catoosa County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Battle of Chickamauga

September 19-20, 1863

— Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park —

The Battle of Chickamauga Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, November 5, 1994

1. The Battle of Chickamauga Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Here you begin a seven mile tour thru the field where one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War was fought. This park was established in 1890 and laid out by a commission of Union and Confederate Veterans, men who met in mortal combat on this field twenty seven years earlier. Your drive will take you past monuments, markers and metal tablets, United States and individual states. The monuments and the cannon mark the location where the units and batteries were engaged in battle. The metal tablets, Blue for the Union and Gray for Confederate are positioned so that the reader views the scene of action as did the troops inscribed on the tablets.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1853.

Location. 34° 56.397′ N, 85° 15.568′ W. Marker is in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker is on Lafayette Road. The marker is located near the Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Oglethorpe GA 30742, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker. Turchin's Brigade. (here, next to this marker); Battlefield Monuments (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Plaques and Markers (within shouting distance of this marker); Adam's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Field Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); Walthall's Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); 12 - Pounder Mountain Howitzer (within shouting distance of this marker); Liddell's Division (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

2nd Ohio Infantry Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, November 5, 1994

2. 2nd Ohio Infantry Monument

State Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, November 5, 1994

3. State Monument

First Wisconsin Cavalry image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, November 5, 1994

4. First Wisconsin Cavalry

Snodgrass Cabin-Served as a hospital image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, November 5, 1994

5. Snodgrass Cabin-Served as a hospital

The Visitor Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, November 5, 1994

6. The Visitor Center

Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 449 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 6, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.