Jefferson Davis Camp Site

Historical marker location:

103 North Broad Street, Abbeville, Georgia

( Memorial is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 280) and North Broad Street (U.S. 129), on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1925

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.