2nd 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.

2nd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters 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 34.9259, -85.2482 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is John Ingraham's Grave (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Jackson's Brigade, Scogin's Georgia Battery, and 1st Confederate, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry.

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