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

Site of Poe House

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 7, 2014

1. Site of Poe House Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Site of
Poe House
Burned during the battle
September 20, 1863.

Erected 1890 by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number MT-423B.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1845.

Location. 34° 55.29′ N, 85° 15.683′ W. Marker is near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in Catoosa County. Marker is on Lafayette Road north of Poe Road, on the right when traveling south. This historical marker is located in the national park that preserves the site of the Chickamauga Battlefield, in the middle of an open field, situated between the east side of the national park's battlefield tour roadway called Poe Road and the west side of the Lafayette Road. 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 are within walking distance of this marker. Kolb's Alabama Battery (a few steps from this marker); Clayton's Brigade (a few steps from this marker); Darden's Mississippi Battery (a few steps from this marker); Brown's Brigade

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Havis' Georgia Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Havis' Georgia Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); 32nd Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Massenburg's Georgia Battery (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Oglethorpe.

More about this marker. I used the "Chickamauga Battlefield" map, that I purchased at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Visitor Center, to determine both the monument number for this marker and the marker's location in relation to the rest of the park's monuments, markers, and tablets. According to the map it provides the, "numerical listing of all monuments, markers, and tablets on the Chickamauga Battlefield (using the Chick-Chatt NMP Monument Numbering System)."

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 7, 2014

2. Site of Poe House Marker

View of the historical marker, situated in an open field, east of the unit markers located along the Poe Road.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 7, 2014

3. Site of Poe House Marker

Another view of the historical marker, situated in an open field, east of the unit markers located along the Poe Road.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 28, 2017

4. Site of Poe House Marker

View of page 423B from the National Park Service’s record book on the Chattanooga - Chickamauga listings of classified structures, which is kept in the Chickamauga Battlefield Park's Visitor Center.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2014, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 482 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 16, 2014, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 4. submitted on July 10, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.