Historical Marker

Walker's Reserve Corps

Historical marker location:
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
( Marker is on Viniard Road east of LaFayette Road, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1890

Major General W.H.T. Walker.

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.