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After his leg was amputated following the wound he took at Chickamauga, Confederate General John Bell Hood recovered in this valley in late 1863. The valley road also carried Union columns east during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign.
Historical Marker
West Armuchee Valley
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About this site
West Armuchee Valley is a historical marker in LaFayette, Walker County, erected in 1953. 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 34.6805, -85.1797 near LaFayette. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ship's Gap (historical marker), about 1.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Naomi Cemetery, Young Cemetery, and Piney Grove Cemetery.
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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