"Torch Hill"

Named for the signal fires Creek Indians once lit here, this hill held the home of physician-poet Francis Orray Ticknor, who tended Confederate wounded in Columbus and wrote the celebrated war ballad 'Little Giffen of Tennessee.'

"Torch Hill" is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1989. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4137, -84.9423 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Victory Drive (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Baker High School, National Infantry Museum, and Specialist Ross A. McGinnis.

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