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Before dawn on June 24, 1864, Confederate General Gideon Pillow's cavalry surprised Colonel Watkins's Union Kentuckians holding LaFayette. The outnumbered Federals barricaded themselves and held out for hours until relief arrived, repulsing Pillow.
The Battle of LaFayette is a historical marker in LaFayette, Walker County, erected in 1957. 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 34.7087, -85.2810 near LaFayette. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Army of Tennessee (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Walker County, General LaFayette, and Chattooga Academy.
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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