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More than 200 soldiers from across the Confederacy lie in Linwood Cemetery's army and naval sections, many of whom died in the city's wartime hospitals or in the Battle of Columbus on April 16, 1865.
Historical Marker
Confederate Dead
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About this site
Confederate Dead 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 32.4759, -84.9836 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Linwood Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Claflin School, Brigadier General Henry Lewis Benning, and Linwood Cemetery.
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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