St. Elmo

Historical marker location:

2808 18th Avenue, Columbus, Georgia

( Marker is on 18th Avenue, 0.1 miles south of St. Elmo Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1953

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.