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More than a hundred Confederate soldiers, most mortally wounded defending Atlanta and evacuated to Milner's makeshift hospital, lie here, their graves once marked only by plain stones until local Daughters of the Confederacy identified them.
Confederate Cemetery is a historical marker in Milner, Lamar County, erected in 1955. It is one of 18 historical markers documented in Lamar County, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.1180, -84.1772 near Milner. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederate Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Alabama Road, Mount Sinai CME Church Cemetery, and Greater Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Confederate Cemetery” names 2 distinct records in Lamar County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1955 in Milner. The others:
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