Confederate Hospitals- GHM 085-4-Barnesville, Georgia-Lamar Co
N 33° 03.283 W 084° 09.358
16S E 765558 N 3660949
Confederate Hospitals in Barnesville, Georgia
Waymark Code: WM3EY8
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2008
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Confederate Hospitals in Barnesville, Georgia


During the War Between the States, 1861-1865, 155 Confederate soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Atlanta and evacuated, died in several improvised hospitals in Barnesville. This marks the site of the main hospital. A marble headstone marks each soldier´s grave in Greenwood Cemetery near here. Two Federal troopers are buried with the Confederates and each Memorial Day receive the same tribute. Among States represented are Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee.
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 085-4

Date: 1955

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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