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Confederate marker for Scogin's Georgia Battery (the Griffin Light Artillery), which served in John K. Jackson's brigade at Chickamauga in September 1863, credited with good service in the two-day battle.
Historical Marker
Scogin's Georgia Battery (1899)
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About this site
Scogin's Georgia Battery 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 34.9238, -85.2487 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jackson's Brigade (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 1st Confederate, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry, John Ingraham's Grave, 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.
Also at or near Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County
“Scogin's Georgia Battery” names 2 distinct records in Catoosa County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1899 in Fort Oglethorpe. The others:
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1st Confederate, 2nd Battalion Georgia Infantry
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John Ingraham's Grave
Fort Oglethorpe · 1959
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5th Georgia Infantry
Fort Oglethorpe · 1899
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2nd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
Fort Oglethorpe · 1899
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Jackson's Brigade
Fort Oglethorpe · 1890
Battlefield
Chickamauga
Catoosa County
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Georgia 4th Battalion Sharpshooters
Fort Oglethorpe · 1898