031-11, Two Days of Battle at Jonesboro
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N 33° 31.811 W 084° 21.217
16S E 745759 N 3713201
This marker is located at the Confederate Cemetery, McDonough Rd., Jonesboro, GA.
Waymark Code: WMQ48
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2006
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In this vicinity, several engagements were fought that ended the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Confederate forces under Gen. Hardee, attempted to defend the remaining railroad to Atlanta, against outnumbering Federal troops. After battles on Aug. 31 & Sept. 1, 1864, they were forced to withdraw to Lovejoy Station.
The area within the enclosure was a burial place of Confederate soldiers who died in local hospitals during the war. After its close, Confederate casualties (buried on the battlefields where they fell) were removed to this hallowed ground, which was designated at the time, The Pat Cleburne Cemetery.
Source: Georgia Historical Commission, 1956
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 031-11
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Not listed
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