Closing the Gap

Historical marker location:

Atlanta, Georgia

( Marker is on Briarcliff Road (Georgia Route 42) 0.1 miles north of University Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1954

The largest land battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Chickamauga, took place in Georgia in 1863. Over 34,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing in the battle.