USS George Bancroft

Historical marker location:

Kings Bay, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Charlie Smith Sr Highway and USS Benjamin Franklin Drive on Charlie Smith Sr Highway.)

Marker installed: 2000

Forty-one for Freedom Cold War Warrior<br>Peace through Deterrance.

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.