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This small burial ground sits on the campus of Oxford College near the town's original chapel, the "Old Church." During the Civil War, Emory College suspended classes and its buildings were pressed into service as a military hospital, and soldiers who died while being treated there were buried nearby. The cemetery holds roughly two dozen to thirty Confederate dead drawn from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida, several of whom remain unidentified.
Confederate Soldiers Cemetery is a cemetery in Oxford, Newton County. It is one of 72 cemeteries documented in Newton County, among 98 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.6194, -83.8722 near Oxford. The nearest cataloged historic site is Town of Oxford and Emory College (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Town of Oxford, Georgia Historic Shrine of the United Methodist Church, Kitty's Cottage, and Orna Villa.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
This small burial ground sits on the campus of Oxford College near the town's original chapel, the "Old Church." During the Civil War, Emory College suspended classes and its buildings were pressed into service as a military hospital, and soldiers who died while being treated there were buried nearby. The cemetery holds roughly two dozen to thirty Confederate dead drawn from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida, several of whom remain unidentified.
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