4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters

This Georgia sharpshooter battalion served in William Bate's brigade of Stewart's division, skirmishing ahead of the brigade during its heavy fighting at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863.

4th 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 34.9186, -85.2565 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is Benning's Brigade (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Brown's Brigade, Dawson's Georgia Battery, and Brown's Brigade.

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