Crawfish Spring

This powerful spring, named for a Cherokee leader, was the area's largest water source. During the September 1863 battle it became a major Union field hospital before Confederate cavalry captured it and over a thousand wounded.

Crawfish Spring 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 34.8706, -85.2927 near Chickamauga. The nearest cataloged historic site is North and South Reunited (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Town of Lytle, 3rd Confederate Georgia Cavalry, and The Real Rock of Chickamauga.

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