- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Unknown Confederate Dead historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Greene County
Confederate cemeteries--Georgia--Greensboro
Hospitals--Confederate States of America - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Greene County, Greensboro, 33.57568, -83.18238
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Confederate Cemetery in Greensboro
Text of marker: "UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD. Forty-five unknown Confederate soldiers, "known but to God," are buried in this cemetery. These men died of wounds or disease in the Confederate hospitals in Greensboro, 1863-1865. These hospitals were the Dawson, Bell, Polk, Court House, College and Factory. Federal troops who occupied this town for several hours on Sunday, November 20, 1864, did not molest the hospitals though they foraged the countryside and burned a number of homes, mills and business establishments. 066-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_unknown-confederate-dead2
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_unknown-confederate-dead2
- 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:
-
