Historical Marker

1st Confederate, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry

Fort Oglethorpe · Catoosa County · Erected 1899

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Marks the 1st Confederate Georgia (2nd Battalion) Infantry, which fought at Chickamauga in September 1863 in John K. Jackson's Brigade, Cheatham's Division of Polk's Confederate corps.

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1st Confederate, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry is a historical marker in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, erected in 1899. It is one of 114 historical markers documented in Catoosa County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.9230, -85.2487 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is Scogin's Georgia Battery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 5th Georgia Infantry, Jackson's Brigade, and John Ingraham's Grave.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.9230, -85.2487 · Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County

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