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Several hundred Confederate soldiers from across the South rest in Oak Hill Cemetery's Confederate section, most having died in Newnan's wartime hospitals; their graves were tended from 1868 by the local Ladies Memorial Association.
Historical Marker
Confederate Dead
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About this site
Confederate Dead is a historical marker in Newnan, Coweta County, erected in 1956. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Coweta County, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.3825, -84.7978 near Newnan. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oak Hill Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Willcoxon--Arnold House, Colonel Daniel Newnan, and Governor Ellis Gibbs Arnall.
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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