8th Georgia Infantry Battalion

The 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion fought in States Rights Gist's brigade of Walker's Reserve Corps, joining the Confederate assaults against the Union left at Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863.

8th Georgia Infantry Battalion 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 34.9344, -85.2551 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is 30th Georgia Infantry (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, 2d Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, and 46th Georgia Infantry.

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