Old Herod Town

Historical marker location:

Dawson, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Herod Highway (Georgia Route 55 at milepost 6) and County Route 164, on the right when traveling north on Herod Highway. Reported damaged.)

Marker installed: 1958

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.