General William T. Wofford, CSA - Cartersville, GA - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of plaque: Bartow County
Location of plaque: Friendship Plaza fence, behind train depot, Cartersville
Plaque erected: 2001
Plaque erected by: Cartersville-Bartow Convention & Visitors Bureau

Plaque text:

GENERAL
WILLIAM T. WOFFORD
CSA Lawyer, politician, soldier, planter, humanitarian. Born Habersham County, Georgia, June 28, 1824;died Cass Station, Georgia, May 22, 1884. Captain in Mexican War. Georgia Legislator, 1849. Delegate to Georgia Secession Convention, 1861. Voted not to secede. General, CSA, Army of Northern Virginia. Returned to command Georgia troops and protect citizens from bushwhackers in 1865. Surrendered 7,000 Confederate troops, 1865 at Kingston, Georgia. Elected to U.S. Congress, 1865, but refused set because of Reconstruction Laws. Post-war advocate of black citizens' rights to vote, eliminating poll tax, prison reform and improving education.

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