Marietta Confederate Cemetery (Historical Marker)

Begun in 1863 around the graves of soldiers killed in a train wreck, this is among the largest Confederate cemeteries in the South, holding more than 3,000 men gathered from battlefields across the region.

Marietta Confederate Cemetery is a historical marker in Marietta, Cobb County. It is one of 152 historical markers documented in Cobb County, among 377 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9458, -84.5490 near Marietta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederate Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include U.D.C. Confederate Soldiers Monument, S. V. Sanford, and Slave Lot.

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