Confederate Cemetery - Miller St, LaGrange, GA
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Confederate Cemetery located on Miller St near Douglas St, LaGrange, GA.
Waymark Code: WM5M71
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2009
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Confederate Cemetery located on Miller St near Douglas St, LaGrange, GA.
There are about 300 graves here.
Text from the historic marker.
Confederate Dead
About 300 Confederate soldiers are buried here, most of whom died of wounds or disease in the several Confederate hospitals located in LaGrange. Most of these men served in the Confederate Army of Tennessee and participated in many bloody engagements. The hospitals here were the St. Marys, Oliver, Cannon, Law, and some temporary ones. The "Nancy Hearts." a militia Organization of gallant Confederate women, assisted in nursing the sick and wounded, as did other patriotic men and women of this vicinity.
141-12 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Visiting hours:
sun rise to sun set
Date cemetery was established: Not listed
Website pertaining to the cemetery: Not listed
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