Confederate Dead and Hospitals-GHM 102-6-Monroe Co
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N 33° 01.889 W 083° 56.163
17S E 225774 N 3658609
Cemetery off Newton Memorial Rd & S. Lee St, Forsyth
Waymark Code: WM6XEB
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2009
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Here sleep ´Known but to God,´ 299 unknown Confederate soldiers and one known. Most of these men, veterans of many hard fought battles, died in the several Confederate hospitals located in this town. Here is also buried a gallant Confederate girl, Honora Sweney, who died while serving as a nurse in one of the Confederate hospitals. The hospitals located in Forsyth were the Hardee, the Clayton, the Female College and several temporary ones.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 102-7
Date: 1957
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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