United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981949View of the Mitchell Family plot including author Margaret Mitchell in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.In 1850 the City of Atlanta purchased six acres of farmland for use as a public burial ground. In 1872 the burial grounds were named Oakland Cemetery, and had grown to encompass 88 acres. Most of this growth was to accommodate for the increased deaths during the Civil War as soldiers were moved from battle field graves. The cemetery is now run by the Historic Oakland Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the site as a historic landmark.image/jpegSally A. Parker Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.Cemeteries--Georgia--AtlantaConfederate cemeteries--Georgia--AtlantaSepulchral monuments--Georgia--AtlantaBurial--Georgia--AtlantaDeadMitchell family--Death and burialHistoric sites--Georgia--AtlantaTrees--Georgia--AtlantaVases--Georgia--AtlantaObelisks--Georgia--AtlantaTelephone lines--Georgia--AtlantaElectric lines--Georgia--AtlantaOverhead electric lines--Georgia--AtlantaPublic utilities--Georgia--AtlantaBuildings--Georgia--AtlantaWindows--Georgia--AtlantaDwellings--Georgia--AtlantaMarble--Georgia--AtlantaStone--Georgia--AtlantaShrubs--Georgia--AtlantaSoldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Georgia--AtlantaMitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949--Death and burialMarsh, John R. (John Robert), 1895-1952--Death and burialAuthors, American--Georgia--AtlantaWomen authors, American--Georgia--AtlantaNovelists, American--Georgia--AtlantaWomen novelists, American--Georgia--AtlantaOakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.)United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--CasualtiesOakland CemeteryStillImage