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On September 20, 1863, as Rosecrans's right collapsed at Chickamauga, General George Thomas anchored a desperate Union stand on Snodgrass Hill and Horseshoe Ridge. His hours-long defense saved the army and earned him the name 'Rock of Chickamauga.'
The Real Rock of Chickamauga 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, -85.2932 near Chickamauga. The nearest cataloged historic site is 26th Tennessee Infantry / 1st Georgia Infantry Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include American Indian Occupation of the Area, Crawfish Spring, and 3rd Confederate Georgia Cavalry.
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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