- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Kettle Creek Battleground historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Wilkes County
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Battlefields
Kettle Creek, Battle of, Ga., 1779 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, 33.78195, -82.74323
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 44 at intersection 3 miles from Taliferro County line
Text of marker: "KETTLE CREEK BATTLEGROUND. One and one-half miles North and half mile West is War Hill, site of the Battle of Kettle Creek, one of the decisive battles of the Revolutionary War. It was at Kettle Creek, on February 14, 1779, that Col. John Dooly, Col. Elijah Clark, and Col. Andrew Pickens defeated overwhelmingly a superior number of Tory forces, turning back forever the British troops in Upper Georgia. 157-24 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1938" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_kettle-creek-battleground
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_kettle-creek-battleground
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
