Historical Marker

Patrick Cleburne Confederate Cemetery

Jonesboro · Clayton County

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The Story

Hundreds of Confederate soldiers killed at Jonesboro on August 31 and September 1, 1864 lie here, reinterred in 1872 in headstone rows shaped like a Confederate flag; only a few of the dead are identified by name.

About this site

Patrick Cleburne Confederate Cemetery is a historical marker in Jonesboro, Clayton County. It is one of 48 historical markers documented in Clayton County, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.5302, -84.3536 near Jonesboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Two Days of Battle at Jonesboro (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Confederate Cemetery, Hardee’s Corps at Jonesboro, and Jonesboro City Cemetery.

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

📍 33.5302, -84.3536 · Jonesboro, Clayton County

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