On Main Street (State Highway 1 / 136), on the right when traveling north.
The Marsh-Warthen-Clements House was hand built by enslaved African Americans in an African cultural style known as the "Shot Gun." Slaves traveled with Marsh from North Carolina and Covington, Georgia to LaFayette. African Americans served in the . . . — — Map (db m13169) HM
On Dripping Springs Road at Georgia Route 136 on Dripping Springs Road.
Pigeon Mountain is a rugged spur of Lookout Mountain, extending in a northeasterly direction into Walker County. The space between it and Lookout Mountain is McLemore’s Cove. During the war, wagon roads passed from east to west through the mountains . . . — — Map (db m200111) HM
Near North Main Street (Georgia Route 1) north of Wardlaw Street.
Chattooga Academy served as Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's headquarters from September 10-17, 1863. Bragg reportedly prepared for the Battle of Chickamauga under a large oak tree in front of the building; the tree, later known as Bragg's Oak, was . . . — — Map (db m82762) HM
Near North Main Street (Business U.S. 27) north of Wardlaw Street East, on the right when traveling north.
Named for John Brown
Gordon, a Confederate
general, Georgia governor
and U.S. Senator, this
school stands, as a silent
monument to the citizens
whose legacies made
La Fayette a historically rich
community. Originally
named “Chattooga . . . — — Map (db m142951) HM
On Georgia Route 95 at Thompson Circle, on the right when traveling north on State Route 95.
May 7, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee (15th &16th A.C.), enroute E. to Snake Cr. Gap reached this point on Little Chickamauga Creek at evening & camped for the night.
This camp was in close proximity to two gaps in Taylor's Ridge, which . . . — — Map (db m168176) HM
On Shaw Street North north of Charles Henry Circle, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated in proud and loving memory
to the Confederate soldiers who gave their lives on June 24, 1864 during the Battle of Lafayette, 15 of whom share a common grave at this site.
Mr. Cyrus Edwards who fought in the battle on the Union . . . — — Map (db m194489) HM
On W. Indiana Avenue near Part Street, on the right when traveling west.
Here stood a Cherokee Indian stockade with blockhouse on hill, built by U.S. Government in 1836.
Capt. Samuel Fariss and a company of Georgia volunteers guarded Cherokee Indians here before their removal to the west.
This fort was . . . — — Map (db m12907) HM
On North. Main Street (Georgia Route 136) at Margaret Street, on the right when traveling north on North. Main Street.
Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier Marquis de LaFayette (1757-1834) was born in the Castle of Chavagnac, in Auvergne, France. He entered the French Army early in life and in 1777 came to America and volunteered for service in the Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m13898) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 1 / 136), on the right when traveling north.
This old academy, built in 1836, was in the line of fire during the Battle of Lafayette in the War Between the States. General Braxton Bragg (CS) who had his headquarters in LaFayette, planned the Battle of Chickamauga under an old oak tree that . . . — — Map (db m194488) HM
On North Main Street at Withers Street West, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Citizens of the village of Chattooga organized Ebenezer Church on August 12, 1836. Charter members included: John McWhorter, Johnathan Fielding, William Henry, Sara Henry, Filis (slave of the Henry's), Andrew L. Barry, Margaret I. Barry, James . . . — — Map (db m142816) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 27) south of Withers Street, on the right when traveling south.
La Fayette Presbyterian Memorial Park was established in 2011 as part of the 175th Anniversary Celebration of La Fayette Presbyterian Church. A year-long commemoration culminated in a week of celebration of “175 Years of Faithful Service.” The park . . . — — Map (db m197346) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 27) 0 miles north of North Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Marsh-Warthen House, circa 1836, was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh, a prominent and influential merchant and statesman who donated land for John
B. Gordon Hall. Marsh, with two other businessmen, founded Trion Factory, a major cotton mill. In . . . — — Map (db m13173) HM
On Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway (Georgia Route 136) 0.3 miles west of Georgia Route 201, on the right when traveling east.
A narrow, 3 mi. passage between two ridges, beginning 1 mi. S. of this marker & ending at the fork of Sugar valley & Resaca roads.
May 8, 1864. While Geary’s Div. (20th A.C. [US]) stormed Rocky Face Ridge at Dug Gap, 5 mi N.E., McPherson’s . . . — — Map (db m57592) HM
On Georgia Route 136 at Old Villanow Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 136.
May 7, 1864. Col. J.W. Sprague's (2nd) brigade, Veatch's (4th) Div., 16th A.C., having camped with the corps on the little Chickamauga (near Catlett 4 mi. N.), pushed forward in a surprise move and seized this gap in Taylor's Ridge at 9p.m. This . . . — — Map (db m13897) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 1 / 136), on the right when traveling north.
Late in August, 1863, the Army of the Cumberland (US), Maj. Gen. Wm. B. Rosecrans, USA, crossed the Tennessee River near Bridgeport and threatened Chattanooga. On Sept. 7th, learning that Rosecrans was moving toward his rear in the direction of Rome . . . — — Map (db m13171) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 1 / 136), on the right when traveling north.
On June 18, 1864, during Gen. Sherman's campaign for Atlanta, Col. Louis D. Watkins, commanding the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (US), occupied LaFayette with about 450 men of the 4th, 6th and 7th Kentucky cavalry regiments (US) "to endeavor to . . . — — Map (db m13177) HM
On North Duke Street north of Wardlaw Street East, on the left when traveling north.
The Lynching of Henry White
On September 20, 1916, Henry White, a 24-year-old African American was lynched by a large white mob in the city of Durham in Walker County. Georgia. Mr. White had come to Durham from Chattanooga, Tennessee and . . . — — Map (db m168093) HM
Near North Main Street (Georgia Route 1) north of Wardlaw Street.
The Marsh House was built by Spencer Stewart Marsh about 1836. Mr. Marsh was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, on November 25, 1799, and was the son of William Marsh, a soldier in the American Revolution for whom the local William Marsh . . . — — Map (db m82761) HM
On North Main Street (Georgia Route 1) north of Wardlaw Street, on the right when traveling north.
Front Side:
1861-1865
Erected 1909.
By the
Chickamauga Chapter of
The United Daughters
of the Confederacy,
to the
Confederate Soldiers,
of Walker County.
——
"It is a duty we owe
to . . . — — Map (db m82775) WM
On Georgia Route 136 at Georgia Route 201, on the left when traveling east on State Route 136.
Ante-bellum cross-roads settlement; name taken from Jane Porter's novel: 'Thaddeus of Warsaw.' May 7, 1864, Kilpatrick's Cav., having crossed Taylor's Ridge at Nickajack Gap, moved to Gordon's Springs where it was joined by Ireland's brigade . . . — — Map (db m13911) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 1 / 136), on the right when traveling north.
Created December 18, 1833, and named for Major Freeman Walker of Augusta, prominent attorney and United States Senator. Here the fierce Chickamaugas preyed upon pioneers, and were in turn defeated and driven away; here Federals and Confederates . . . — — Map (db m194485) HM
On Georgia Route 136 at West Armuchee Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 136.
Southward for several miles is the pleasant little valley of W. Armuchee Creek; Dick Ridge on the E.; Taylor's Ridge on the W. Situated 3 mi. S. are Old Shiloh Ch. & the Wm. Little res. - where Maj. Gen. John B. Hood was taken from the field of . . . — — Map (db m13908) HM
