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On September 19, 1868, hundreds of freedmen marched into Camilla for a Republican rally, only to be fired upon by the sheriff and local whites; about a dozen Black marchers were killed and many more wounded, violence that helped return Georgia to military Reconstruction.
Camilla Massacre is a historical marker in Camilla, Mitchell County, erected in 2023. It is one of 4 historical markers documented in Mitchell County, among 28 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.2313, -84.2094 near Camilla. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mitchell County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mitchell County Courthouse, The Spirit of Camilla, and Williams, Georgia, Nursing Home.
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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