Rebecca Latimer Felton

Historical marker location:

Lithonia, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Covington Highway (U.S. 278) and Cove Lake Road, on the right when traveling east on Covington Highway.)

Marker installed: 1956

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.