Photograph as originally submitted to
this page in the Historical Marker Database
www.HMdb.org.
Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.
Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: May 10, 2011
Caption:
Memory Hill Cemetery, General George Doles | Additional Description: (4th GA Vol. Infantry,Baldwin Blues) (May 14, 1830-June 2, 1864)This “diamond blue granite” monument was
unveiled July 25, 1894 at the annual reunion
of the 4th GA Regiment. Doles served gallantly
in battles in Virginia. At Spotsylvania, in
1864, his brigade suffered very high casualties.
Doles was criticized for his actions by
some newspapers. At the battle of Cold Harbor,
perhaps thinking of the criticism, he exposed
himself excessively to enemy fire. He
was shot through the chest and died the following
day. (Memory Hill Cemetery tour)
Submitted: May 12, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p153012
File Size: 0.944 Megabytes
To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.
