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A South Carolina regiment in States Rights Gist's brigade (Walker's Reserve Corps), the 24th fought in the Confederate assaults on the Union left near the Brotherton and Kelly fields on September 19-20, 1863.
Historical Marker
24th South Carolina Infantry
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About this site
24th South Carolina Infantry is a historical marker in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, erected in 1901. 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 34.9338, -85.2546 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is Walker's Division (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 5th Georgia Infantry, 1st Confederate Georgia, 2nd Battalion Infantry, and Peyton H. Colquit Memorial Shell Monument.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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