Fort Gaines

Historical marker location:

Fort Gaines, Georgia

( Marker can be reached from Extension of Bluff Street, 0.1 miles south of Carroll Street.)

Marker installed: 1957

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.