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Clark Lee, enslaved near Ringgold, came to the army as a body servant to a Confederate officer shortly before Chickamauga. The marker's 'Black Confederate soldier' framing is historically contested: such enslaved body servants were present, but formal Black Confederate soldiers were essentially nonexistent.
Clark Lee: Chickamauga's Black Confederate Soldier is a historical marker in Chickamauga, Walker County. 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 34.8714, -85.2947 near Chickamauga. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Gordon - Lee Mansion (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Contributions of Enslaved African to the Area, American Indian Occupation of the Area, and 26th Tennessee Infantry / 1st Georgia Infantry Memorial.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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