- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Killed on This Spot historical marker
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Irwin County
Memorials--Georgia--Irwinville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Irwin County, Irwinville, 31.64824, -83.38266
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Walking trail in Jefferson Davis Memorial Park near Irwinville
Text of marker: "KILLED ON THIS SPOT MAY 10, 1865. JOHN RUPERT, COMPANY C, 4TH MICHIGAN CAVALRY, FEDERAL ARMY. DRAFTED AT AGE OF 21 AT RICHMOND, MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN. BURIED AT ABBEYVILLE, GEORGIA, REMAINS REMOVED TO NATIONAL CEMETERY, ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA, GRAVE NO. 13,697. THEY DIED BRAVELY IN LINE OF DUTY, MISTAKENLY SHOT BY FRIENDLY WISCONSIN CAVALRYMEN." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_killed-on-this-spot
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_killed-on-this-spot
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
