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Confederate officer, banker, and editor, W. L. Salisbury helped found one of the South's first public school systems in Columbus in 1867. As publisher of the Enquirer-Sun he was killed over one of his editorials; thousands joined his funeral.
Col. W. L. Salisbury is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1957. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.4599, -84.9933 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Origin of Memorial Day (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Woodruff Farm House and Log Cabin, 700 Broadway, and Sarah Turner Butler Heritage Corner.
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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