Georgia Battlefields
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There are many luxurious hotels around Georgia www.luxuryhotelsgeorgia.com to stay in while you are searching out the history of the state and our country. Being one of the first states of the union, Georgia has a rich history of people and events that happened there. During the Revolutionary War, British troops invaded the state in 1778 and most of it was lost to them but a few years later the situation would change and the settlers of Georgia started to fight back regaining their homeland.
The next wave of battles came out of the Civil War eighty years later. Some of the bloodiest battles fought in the war were fought in Georgia. The battle at Chickamauga was a really bad one. Visitors can visit the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park to see the memorial and hear the battle story that happened there. General Leonidas Polk lead his men into battle here against George Thomas by the end of the fight here 18,000 Confederate soldiers and 16,000 Union soldiers were killed and the area was named Chickamauga which means River of Blood in Cherokee.
There was a great battle for the railroad in the Allatoona Pass Battlefield. General John Bell Hood led his army in to take back the Western and Atlantic Railroad that ran between Chattanooga and Atlanta. The best area they thought to accomplish their goal was in the Allatoona Mountains which were east of Cartersville. Visitors can see the path of the Confederate assault moving up the hill to the star fort. It is interesting at the star fort to see how the camp was run and were things were stored. There is also the grave of the unknown soldier by itself and also another grave for 21 Confederate soldiers who were killed in the battle.
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