The Battle of Kettle Creek was one of the most significant battles in Georgia during the Revolutionary War. The Kettle Creek Battleground Historic Site is nestled between Athens and Augusta Georgia and is rather off the beaten path, especially considering the wealth of Civil War historical sites nearby in Washington, GA (where the Confederacy was dissolved and the Civil War effectively ended).

I visited the site in early 2020 and discovered it to be quite fascinating, especially the graves. Apparently after the battle, the deceased were buried in shallow graves right where they had fallen. In 2016 an archaeological survey was performed where they identified about two dozen grave sites, which were marked with bright white crosses. These crosses dot the marshy, waterlogged area of Kettle Creek among the tall slash pines, themselves like grave markers, especially in the vicinity of a summit area where an old church once stood. This is one of those grave markers.