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Brigadier Gen. Robert C. Tyler died here April 16, 1865, a week after Appomattox, defending the earthwork named for him against Wilson's Union cavalry. Shot by a sharpshooter while on crutches, he was the last Confederate general killed in the Civil War.
Gen. Robert C. Tyler, C.S.A. is a historical marker in West Point, Troup County, erected in 1958. It is one of 28 historical markers documented in Troup County, among 152 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.8778, -85.1737 near West Point. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Tyler Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Pinewood Cemetery, West Point Public School, and Riverside Club-Magnolia Club.
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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