Historical Marker
Bishop Marvin A. Franklin
Historical marker location:
1371 Highway 17, Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia
( Marker is on Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17) 0 miles east of Rabun Road, on the right when traveling west.)
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.