Confederate Hospitals-GHM-085-9-Lamar County
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Sprinterman
N 33° 03.237 W 084° 09.331
16S E 765602 N 3660865
Town Square (Market, Main & Taylor Sts) in Barnesville
Waymark Code: WM4JQ2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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In July 1864 the following hospitals were in Barnesville:

KINGSVILLE HOSPITAL, Surgeon B. N. Avent.

KINGSTON HOSPITAL, Surgeon George W. McDade, Asst. Surgeon V.S. Hopping. This hospital was moved from Kingston, Georgia.

MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Surgeon W. P. Westmoreland (also in charge at Milner). This hospital moved from Atlanta.

FLEWELLEN HOSPITAL, Surgeon Miles H. Nash. The hospital was named for Surgeon Edward A. Flewellen who lived at The Rock and is buried at Thomaston.

ERWIN HOSPITAL, Surgeons Joseph A. Groves and B. N. Avent.
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 085-9

Date: 1957

Sponsor: Not listed

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