- Confederate Hospital State Historical
Marker
- Located on Atlanta St. at the old railroad depot
in downtown Barnesville, Ga.
(Text)
- CONFEDERATE HOSPITAL
During the War Between the States,
1861-1865, 155 Confederate soldiers, wounded in the Battle of
Atlanta and evacuated, died in several improvised hospitals in
Barnesville. This marks the site of the main hospital. A marble
headstone marks each soldier's grave in Greenwood Cemetery near
here. Two Federal troopers are buried with the Confederates and
each Memorial Day receive the same tribute. Among States represented
are Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, North
Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee.
- 085-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1955
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