Historical Marker

3rd Confederate Georgia Cavalry (marker-77530)

Chickamauga · Walker County · Erected 1898

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The 3rd Confederate Cavalry, a regiment including Georgia companies, served under Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, pressing the retreating Federals late on Sept. 20, 1863.

About this site

3rd Confederate Georgia Cavalry is a historical marker in Chickamauga, Walker County, erected in 1898. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Walker County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.8709, -85.2929 near Chickamauga. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gordon-Lee House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Town of Lytle, North and South Reunited, and 4th Georgia Cavalry.

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 Chickamauga, Walker County

“3rd Confederate Georgia Cavalry” names 2 distinct records in Walker County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1898 in Chickamauga. The others:

📍 34.8709, -85.2929 · Chickamauga, Walker County
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