Confederate Cemetery - Miller St, LaGrange, GA
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N 33° 01.758 W 085° 01.962
16S E 683730 N 3656254
Confederate Cemetery located on Miller St near Douglas St, LaGrange, GA.
Waymark Code: WM5M70
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2009
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Confederate Cemetery located on Miller St near Douglas St, LaGrange, GA.
There are about 300 graves here.
Text from the historic marker.
Confederate Dead
About 300 Confederate soldiers are buried here, most of whom died of wounds or disease in the several Confederate hospitals located in LaGrange. Most of these men served in the Confederate Army of Tennessee and participated in many bloody engagements. The hospitals here were the St. Marys. Oliver Cannon. Law. and some temporary ones. The "Nancy Hearts." a militia Organization of gallant Confederate women, assisted in nursing the sick and wounded, as did other patriotic men and women of this vicinity.
141-12 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
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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