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These grounds at Oakland Cemetery hold thousands of Confederate dead from the 1864 Atlanta Campaign; once marked by wooden headboards, the graves were given marble stones in 1890, and the section became a focal point of postwar Lost Cause commemoration.
Confederate Memorial Grounds is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7480, -84.3726 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is John Brown Gordon (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Alfred Iverson, Jr., Oakland Cemetery, and Augusta National Golf Club.
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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