Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia)

Fort Oglethorpe is in the Northwest High Country of Georgia and is probably best known for being the site of Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park.

Understand
In this little pocket of northwestern Georgia, antebellum life carried on until the Battle of Chickamauga descended upon the area in 1863 along Chickamauga Creek, which would become the largest Union defeat in the Western Theater and carry the second greatest number of casualties in the War after the Battle of Gettysburg. After that, the area witnessed industrialization with coal and textiles and the installation of an army fort and WWII POW camp. These events are commemorated with various sights in the area.

Get in
Seemingly like a stone's throw away from Chattanooga, you can get to Fort Oglethorpe and the battlefield with a short drive south of Chattanooga on Hwy 27.

Get around
It might be best to have a car to see the military park, since it's so large.