Historical Marker
Lamar County Georgia Courthouse
Historical marker location:
326 Thomaston Street, Barnesville, Georgia
( Marker can be reached from Thomaston Street just north of Library Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Built in 1931.
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.