Palmer's Division

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

( Marker is on Battleline Road south of Alexanders Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1890

Crittenden's Corps. Major General John M. Palmer.

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.