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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.
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