Near Milner in Lamar County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Confederate Cemetery

Photographed by David Seibert, January 28, 2008

1. Confederate Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In this lonely spot lie the mortal remains of more than 100 unknown soldiers of the Confederacy. Most of them were wounded while heroically defending the City of Atlanta against overwhelming forces of General Sherman, and died in an improvised hospital at nearby Milner.

At the time this marker was erected the graves were marked with plain rocks for head and foot stones, but the Willie Hunt Smith Chapter No. 49 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy had undertaken to identify and mark each grave.

Erected 1955 by Georgia Historic Commission. (Marker Number 085-5.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy series lists.

Location. 33° 7.082′ N, 84° 10.635′ W. Marker is near Milner, Georgia, in Lamar County. It is on Lawrence Road 0 miles south of Liberty Hill Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Milner GA 30257, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Alabama Road (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Confederate Hospital

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(approx. 1.1 miles away); Federals at Barnesville (approx. 3.9 miles away); Gachet Home (approx. 4.3 miles away); Barnesville Railroad Depot (approx. 4½ miles away); a different marker also named Confederate Hospital (approx. 4½ miles away); Women of the Confederacy (approx. 4.6 miles away); Barnesville Post Office (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milner.

Photographed by David Seibert, November 8, 2009

2. Confederate Cemetery Marker

Confederate Cemetery at Milner image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, November 8, 2009

3. Confederate Cemetery at Milner

Photographed by David Seibert, November 8, 2009

4. Confederate Cemetery at Milner

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 2,038 times since then and 119 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 27, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 9, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.