Preston Smith Memorial Shell Monument

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

( Memorial can be reached from Alexanders Bridge Road east of Brotherton Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1893

Commanding Brigade. Cheatham's Division.

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.