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First engaged near Brotherton field that morning, York's Georgia Battery advanced past the Dyer house to this ridge late on the morning of September 20, 1863, shelling Union trains escaping through Vittetoe Gap before pressing toward Snodgrass Ridge.
York's Georgia Battery. is a historical marker in Fort Oglethorpe, Walker County, erected in 1890. 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 34.9213, -85.2729 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is York's Georgia Battery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Johnson's Brigade, York's (Georgia) Battery, and Dyer 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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