- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Campground Cemetery historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Toombs County
Cemeteries--Georgia--Lyons - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Toombs County, Lyons, 32.20435, -82.32179
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: On Providence Church Rd. just south of D. C. Clark Rd., Lyons
Text of marker: "OLD CAMPGROUND CEMETERY. Founded Circa 1820 as a meeting place for circuit riding ministers, Old campground added a cemetery in 1853. It contained some of the oldest graves in Toombs County. There are three Confederate veterans buried here including Lt. Gordon K. Fort, 24th Bn. Georgia Calvary one of the "Immortal 600." During the War for Southern Independence, (1861-1865), the U.S. Army selected 600 captured Confederate officers, including Lt. Fort, for retaliation against the South. In one of the most heinous acts of vengeance in American history, they were starved, maltreated, and used as human shields. Because of their courage and perseverance, they became known is the "Immortal 600." Also buried here are Lt. Robert Stripling, 61st Regiment and Pvt. Benjamin Stripling of the 47th Regiment Georgia Infantry, CSA. The cemetery is 1/4 mile south of this location. Erected by: Gen Robert a Toombs Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-campground-cemetery
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-campground-cemetery
- 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:
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