Welcome to our Historic City
Nestled in the Northwest corner of Georgia, at the foot of Lookout Mountain Chickamauga is just South of Chattanooga, Tennessee.  

Take a short drive from Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville, and Birmingham and enjoy our shops, restaurants, and of course, our Civil War History.

The Battle of Chickamauga, named after the Chickamauga Creek which flowed nearby, was fought September 19-20, 1863 and involved more than 150,000 soldiers of the Northern and Southern Armies. Union General Rosecrans had his headquarters in the town prior to the battle at the Gordon Lee Mansion, completed in 1847 and still standing today. During the battle, soldiers were cared for in the home and adjacent buildings with many Union doctors remaining behind to care for the wounded after the Southern victory. Many parched and wounded soldiers of both sides drank from the town’s bubbling Crawfish Spring, still active today.