At Kingston on May 12, 1865, Brigadier General William T. Wofford surrendered some 3,000 to 4,000 Confederate soldiers, mostly Georgians, in the last major Confederate surrender east of the Mississippi River.
Surrender of Confederate Troops
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Surrender of Confederate Troops is a historical marker in Kingston, Bartow County, erected in 1953. 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 34.2353, -84.9435 near Kingston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kingston Methodist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kingston's Rich, Historical Past, Nellie Margaret Harris Applin, and Original Hospital Site of Wayside Home.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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