- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Confederate Hospital historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Lamar County
Hospitals--Confederate States of America
Confederate cemeteries--Georgia--Barnesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Lamar County, Barnesville, 33.05457, -84.15575
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Atlanta St. at the old railroad depot in downtown Barnesville
Text of marker: "CONFEDERATE HOSPITAL. During the War Between the States, 1861-1865, 155 Confederate soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Atlanta and evacuated, died in several improvised hospitals in Barnesville. This marks the site of the main hospital. A marble headstone marks each soldier's grave in Greenwood Cemetery near here. Two Federal troopers are buried with the Confederates and each Memorial Day receive the same tribute. Among States represented are Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee. 085-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_confederate-hospital
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_confederate-hospital
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
