Pinewood Cemetery - West Point, GA
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Pinewood Cemetery on US 29 (Ave E) in West Point, GA.
Waymark Code: WM5K12
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2009
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Pinewood Cemetery on US 29 (Ave E) in West Point, GA. The Fort Tyler Cemetery is part of this cemetery.
There are over 1,000 graves here.
Fort Tyler Cemetery
One hundred feet east in brick walled enclosure are buried 76 brave men, Confederate and Federal, Killed or died of wounds in the siege of Fort Tyler.
This engagement occurred April 16,1865, a whole week after the surrender of General Lee[CSA] at Appomattox. Only 19 of these graves are marked with names or initials.
In the northeast corner are buried General R. C. Tyler and Captain Gonzales who were killed while commanding the [CSA] forces defending Fort Tyler against great odds.
GHM 141-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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