Lee & Gordon’s Mill, one of the oldest mills in Georgia, is located near the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park at the confluence of Chickamauga Creek and Crawfish Springs. Landowner and entrepreneur James Gordon, who came to the area in 1836 and built his palatial estate now known as the Gordon-Lee Mansion, owned the mill with his son-in-law James Lee.
On September 9-10, 1863, the mill was headquarters for Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee. When Bragg subsequently moved his headquarters south to LaFayette, Georgia, Union troops occupied the mill. Skirmishes occurred here between the opposing forces on September 13-18 before the Battle of Chickamauga. The mill served as a reference point for both sides during the battle. At the start of the Atlant Campaign in 1864, Union Major General James B. McPherson used the mill as a staging area for his move south to Snake Creek Gap, west of Resaca.
In 1993, the mill was restored to its Civil War-era appearance and still functions as a mill. A museum in the front displays photos and artifacts from the Civil War, including the Battle of Chickamauga.