Twenty-First Army Corps

Historical marker location:

Chickamauga, Georgia

( Marker is on Lee-Gordon Mill Circle south of Lafayette Road (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1890

Major General Thomas L. Crittenden.

The first gold rush in America happened in Georgia in 1828, when gold was discovered in the northwestern part of the state. This discovery led to the creation of the Dahlonega Mint, which produced gold coins until the outbreak of the Civil War.