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At the Dead Angle during the 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Private William Archelaus Hughes seized a musket's muzzle to shield a comrade from its blast; carried to a Griffin hospital, his wounds turned gangrenous and he died July 16, 1864.
Private William Archelaus Hughes is a historical marker in Griffin, Spalding County. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Spalding County, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.2463, -84.2535 near Griffin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Stonewall Confederate Cemetery Trees (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Confederate Cemetery, Georgia Militia at Griffin, and The Orphan Brigade.
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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