Grave of the Unknown Hero

This lone grave by the railroad holds an unidentified soldier killed near Allatoona Pass in 1864. Local people buried him, and his stone reads only that he died for the cause he thought was right.

Grave of the Unknown Hero is a historical marker in Allatoona, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.1161, -84.7169 near Allatoona. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Foot Bridge (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rowett's Redoubt, The Deep Cut, and Assault On The Star Fort.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.