Captain Key & Key's Battery

Organized in Arkansas in 1861, the light artillery known as Key's Battery wintered with Cleburne's division at Tunnel Hill in 1863-64; led by Captain Thomas J. Key, it fought on through the Atlanta Campaign until its capture at Jonesboro.

Captain Key & Key's Battery is a historical marker in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield County. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Whitfield County, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.8378, -85.0389 near Tunnel Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Reverend Clisby Austin Sr. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel at Tunnel Hill, What are Sherman Neckties?, and Clisby Austin House.

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