"Gold Diggers' Road"

Historical marker location:

Dahlonega, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Calhoun Road (U.S. 19) and Business U.S. 19, on the right when traveling north on Calhoun Road.)

Marker installed: 1954

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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.