May Erwin Talmadge
Historical marker location:
1295 Prince Avenue, Athens, Georgia
( Marker is on Prince Avenue (U.S. 129) 0 miles east of Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2001
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(1885 1973)
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.