Torch Hill State Historical
Marker
Located at intersection of Victory Drive
and Ft. Benning Rd., 2 miles south of Columbus, Ga.
(Text)
"TORCH HILL"
On the summit of the rise
to the east is the site of "Torch Hill", home of Dr.
Francis Orray Ticknor (1822-74), author of the famed war story,
"Little Giffen of Tennessee". Dr. Ticknor was a physician
at the Confederate Hospital on Upper Broad St. in 1861-1865.
Giffen, a 16 year old Confederate
soldier, was treated at the hospital for serious wounds. Dr.
Ticknor took the boy to his home where Mrs. Ticknor nursed him.
Before his wounds entirely healed, "Little Giffen"
voluntarily took up his rifle and returned to battle. He was
never heard of again.
The Creek Indians used "Torch
Hill" for signal fires, giving the hill its name.
106-2 GEORGIA
HISTORIC MARKER 1989
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