Rock Eagle Mound

Historical marker location:

Eatonton, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Madison Highway (U.S. 129) and Rock Eagle Road, on the left when traveling north on Madison Highway.)

Marker installed: 1977

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.