Historical Marker

Confederate Dead

Fort Valley · Peach County · Erected 1956

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Marks the graves of over 20 Confederate soldiers, most of whom died in Fort Valley's wartime hospitals in 1864-65. Some were killed in a troop-train wreck north of town while returning to the Army of Tennessee.

About this site

Confederate Dead is a historical marker in Fort Valley, Peach County, erected in 1956. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Peach County, among 36 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.5460, -83.9016 near Fort Valley. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oak Lawn Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Collis Potter Huntington Hall, and Jean Leroy Bywaters Building.

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

📍 32.5460, -83.9016 · Fort Valley, Peach County

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