- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Battle of Kettle Creek Site
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph by Chris Crookston, Wikimedia
- Date of Original:
- 2010
- Subject:
- Cemeteries--Georgia--Wilkes County
Trees--Georgia--Wilkes County
Sepulchral monuments--Georgia--Wilkes County
Kettle Creek, Battle of, Ga., 1779
Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, 33.78195, -82.74323
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Revolutionary War veterans are buried in the Kettle Creek cemetery, which is maintained today by a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Battle of Kettle Creek, fought on February 14, 1779, prevented the British from invading upper Georgia.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/battle-of-kettle-creek/kettle-creek-cemetery_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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