Sylvan Grove

Historical marker location:

Stapleton, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Georgia Route 296 and Fenns Bridge Road (Georgia Route 88), on the right when traveling north on State Route 296.)

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.