- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Unknown Confederate Dead historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
Confederate cemeteries--Georgia--Kingston
Hospitals--Confederate States of America - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Kingston, 34.23704, -84.94411
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located in the cemetery at Kingston
Text of marker: "UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD. Here sleep, known but to God, 250 Confederate and two Federal soldiers, most of whom died of wounds, disease and sickness in the Confederate hospitals located here - 1862-1864. These men were wounded in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the Dalton-Kingston Campaign. Surgeon B.W. Avent was in charge of these hospitals. Hospitals were moved to Atlanta in May of 1864 to avoid capture by Federals. These hospitals later used by the Federals. 008-40 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_unknown-confederate-dead
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_unknown-confederate-dead
- 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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