Confederate Hospital GHM 085-6
Posted by: Markerman62
N 33° 07.265 W 084° 11.749
16S E 761639 N 3668210
Located on Old US 41 just north of Liberty Hill Rd and Milner.
Waymark Code: WMPTZ0
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2015
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On this site stood one of Milner´s temporary hospitals for Confederate soldiers wounded in the Battles of Atlanta and Jonesboro in 1864. These men were hastily evacuated south on the only railroad from Atlanta still operated by the C.S.A. at that time. Dr. John F. Hunt, local physician, doctors from nearby communities and townspeople fed and cared for the wounded. 108 of these soldiers, from various companies and several southern states, died at Milner and were buried in a cemetery a mile from town on the Liberty Hill Road.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: 085-6
Date: 1955
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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