Historical Marker

Walker's Division

Fort Oglethorpe · Catoosa County · Erected 1890

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Marks where W.H.T. Walker's Confederate Reserve Corps fought at Chickamauga in September 1863; rushed piecemeal into the fighting along Chickamauga Creek, its brigades suffered heavy losses.

About this site

Walker's Division is a historical marker in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, erected in 1890. 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 34.9337, -85.2545 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is 24th South Carolina Infantry (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 5th Georgia Infantry, Peyton H. Colquit Memorial Shell Monument, and 1st Confederate Georgia, 2nd Battalion Infantry.

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

📍 34.9337, -85.2545 · Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County
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