Confederate Navy Yard, Saffold

Historical marker location:

Jakin, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Hugh D. Broome Sr. Parkway (U.S. 84) and Confederate Naval Yard Road, on the right when traveling east on Hugh D. Broome Sr. Parkway.)

Marker installed: 1961

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.