2d Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters

This Confederate sharpshooter battalion fought in Claudius Wilson's brigade of Walker's Reserve Corps, screening and skirmishing during the Confederate attacks on the Union left at Chickamauga.

2d Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters is a historical marker in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, erected in 1898. 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 34.9342, -85.2548 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 1st Confederate Georgia, 2nd Battalion Infantry, 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion, and 5th Georgia Infantry.

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