GeorgiaWidely recognized as the first Confederate cemetery established in Georgia, the Resaca Confederate Cemetery holds the remains of more than 450 soldiers killed in the Battle of Resaca, fought on May 14 and 15, 1864, during General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. The burial ground originated with Mary J. Green and her sister, who were distraught to find the shallow, makeshift graves of the dead scattered across their family's plantation when they returned home after the fighting; their father, railroad official Col. John Green, deeded roughly two and a half acres for a proper cemetery. Mary Green began the reinterments in 1866 without funds, and the cemetery was dedicated that October, its debts cleared by year's end. The site is maintained today as a memorial to the Confederate dead and is marked by the Georgia Historical Society.
Resaca Confederate Cemetery
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Resaca Confederate Cemetery is a cemetery in Resaca, Gordon County. It is one of 32 cemeteries documented in Gordon County, among 104 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.6058, -84.9444 near Resaca. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederate Cemetery Resaca (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mary J. Green, Mary Jane Green, and Miss Mary Green.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Widely recognized as the first Confederate cemetery established in Georgia, the Resaca Confederate Cemetery holds the remains of more than 450 soldiers killed in the Battle of Resaca, fought on May 14 and 15, 1864, during General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. The burial ground originated with Mary J. Green and her sister, who were distraught to find the shallow, makeshift graves of the dead scattered across their family's plantation when they returned home after the fighting; their father, railroad official Col. John Green, deeded roughly two and a half acres for a proper cemetery. Mary Green began the reinterments in 1866 without funds, and the cemetery was dedicated that October, its debts cleared by year's end. The site is maintained today as a memorial to the Confederate dead and is marked by the Georgia Historical Society.
Sources: georgiaencyclopedia.orggeorgiahistory.combattlefields.org
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