- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Surrender of Confederate Troops historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
Capitulations, Military--Georgia--Kingston - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Kingston, 34.23704, -84.94411
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Church St. in Kingston
Text of marker: "SURRENDER OF CONFEDERATE TROOPS May 12, 1865. Brig. Gen. Wm. T. Wofford [CSA] arranged with Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah, U.S.A. for the surrender of some 3000 to 4000 Confederate soldiers, mostly Georgians, not paroled in Virginia, N. Carolina, and elsewhere. During final negotiations, Gen. Wofford's h'dq'rs were at the McCravey - Johnson res. on Church St. Gen. Judah's h'dq'rs were at Spring Bank, the home of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, 2 mi. N. of Kingston. Rations were supplied to the Confederate soldiery by the Federal Commissary. 008-36 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_surrender-of-confederate-troops
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_surrender-of-confederate-troops
- 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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