Historical Marker

Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, U.S.A.

Augusta · Richmond County · Erected 2012

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The Story

Born in Augusta in 1816, Meigs became the Union's Quartermaster General, supplying its armies through the Civil War and engineering the Capitol dome. In 1864 he ordered burials begin at Robert E. Lee's seized Arlington estate.

About this site

Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, U.S.A. is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County, erected in 2012. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4742, -81.9631 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Georgia Railroad and Banking Company (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Emily Harvie Thomas Tubman, Augusta Confederate Monument, and First Christian Church.

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

📍 33.4742, -81.9631 · Augusta, Richmond County

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