Historical Marker

Confederate Hospital Camp

Forsyth · Monroe County · Erected 2000

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The Story

In the summer of 1864, wounded brought by train from the Atlanta fighting overflowed Forsyth's college and town buildings, forcing a tent hospital camp on the hillside, with the dead buried in the cemetery beyond.

About this site

Confederate Hospital Camp is a historical marker in Forsyth, Monroe County, erected in 2000. It is one of 16 historical markers documented in Monroe County, among 87 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0327, -83.9322 near Forsyth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Georgia Militia at Forsyth (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bessie Tift College, Forsyth Railroad Depots and Baggage Room, and Tift College.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.0327, -83.9322 · Forsyth, Monroe County

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