Confederate Cemetery - GHM 033-106 - Marietta, Cobb Co., GA
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N 33° 56.750 W 084° 32.937
16S E 726518 N 3758856
3,000 Confederate dead from every southern state are buried in this cemetery. (Note: there are two markers with this heading; the other, GHM 033-107, is just outside the cemetery north of this marker).
Waymark Code: WM1W9Y
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2007
Views: 13
CONFEDERATE CEMETERY
3,000 Confederate dead from every southern state are buried in this cemetery. First established for [CS] soldiers killed in a railroad collision in 1863, it became the resting place for dead from nearby battlefields. In 1866, under the direction of Miss Mary J. Green and Mrs. Charles J. Williams of the Ga. mem. Assn., bodies were moved here from the Chickamauga area. Land for the cemetery was given by Mrs. Jane Glover, Ann Moyer and other citizens of Marietta. A cannon, which served Ga. Military Inst. from 1852 to 1864, was used by the Confederate army, captured by Sherman's forces, held as a trophy of war until 1910, and then placed in this cemetery.
GHM 033-106 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Located in the old Marietta/Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Ga. near the top of the hill at the Monument to the Confederate Dead.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 033-106
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Not listed
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