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Slaughter Mountain, with an elevation of 4,338 ft (1,322 m), is the ninth-highest peak in the U.S. state of Georgia.[3] It is located in Union County, Georgia and is the second-highest mountain in Union County. Its nearest higher neighbor is Blood Mountain, the highest peak in Union County and sixth-highest in Georgia.

Slaughter Mountain was named in commemoration of a bloody battle between the Cherokee and Creek Indians.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Slaughter Mountain, Georgia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ "Slaughter Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  3. ^ "Georgia 4000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com.
  4. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

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