Site: The Pope House

Historical marker location:

Atlanta, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Dekalb Avenue NE and Battery Place NE, on the right when traveling west on Dekalb Avenue NE.)

Marker installed: 1956

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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.