Near Cartersville in Bartow County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Missouri

Photographed by Pete Skillman, May 28, 2019

1. Missouri Marker

Inscription.
(front)
On this field of honor Missouri soldiers of Cockrell's elite brigade fought and died for southern independence. October 5, 1864. 91 killed. C.S.A.

(back)
Missouri Heroes Killed in Battle

Allen, Elijah M • Allen, Philip • Anderson, John S • Baker, John M • Barnhart, Madison H • Barton, Stephen A • Brennan, John • Byrd, William A • Byrne, Andrew J • Carter, Hobson A • Carter, William F • Combs, Presley B • Cooney, Charles A • Cox, James W • Craddock, James A • Craddock, Lorenzo • Craghead, Preston O • Creel, Claudius J • Davis, James P • Davis, Thomas L • Davis, Zachariah M • Deever, Thomas • DeJarnett Henry • Dempsey, John • Dockins, Jasper N • Dockins, William R • Dorrell, Martin B • Draper, LaFayette • Dunnica, William H • Duvall, George T • Elliott, George R • Fogle, John • Fowler, G T • Gallaher, David T • Garrett, James T • Gaty, C Harrison • Goodwin, Calvin E • Hardwick, Robert • Hardy, Otis W • Harris, John W • Hix, James P • Holland, John Stokely • Howdeshell, Joseph C • Hudnall, Wood • Hughes, Joseph • James, F Marion • Johnson, Luther • Jones, William M • Lamb, Richard J • LaPierre, Joseph M •

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Magruder, Franci M • Mays, Charles T H • McQuilken, James H • Meier, Henry • Metcalf, Christopher C • Moss, Daniel V • Muschaney, Robert D • Nash, Albert • Neal, Albert • Newland, John W • Noland, Ackland H • ONeal, Oscar A • Oneil, Patrick • Osborn, James S • Parsons, William C • Patton, Aaron C • Pyron, Thomas P • Reed, George B • Roberts, John S • Rogers, Jacob • Ryles, J Bentley • Shelly, Thomas R • Short, Isaac W • Smith, Patrick S • Sneed, Thomas J • Spencer, John W • Stagner, George M • Stice, Andrew • Stout, Thomas H • Taylor, Joseph R • Thomas, Clement • Tobin, James • Travis, Robert • Turner, William H • Waddell, Owen A • Welsh, Thomas J • Whiteley, Andrew J • Wiggins, William • Wilhoit, N T • Williams, R J • Yancey, Joel F

All lie in unmarked graves of Georgia clay

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is October 5, 1864.

Location. 34° 6.87′ N, 84° 42.893′ W. Memorial is near Cartersville, Georgia, in Bartow County. It can be reached from Old Allatoona Road Southeast 1½ miles east of Interstate 75, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 22, 2025

2. Missouri Marker

at or near this postal address: 621 Old Allatoona Rd SE, Cartersville GA 30121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 walking distance of this marker: Texas (here, next to this marker); Iowa (here, next to this marker); Mississippi (here, next to this marker); Illinois (here, next to this marker); North Carolina (a few steps from this marker); Alabama / Kolb's Battery (a few steps from this marker); Louisiana (a few steps from this marker); Ohio (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cartersville.

Also see . . . Allatoona Pass Battlefield. Georgia State Parks

Missouri Marker (seen on right) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 22, 2025

3. Missouri Marker (seen on right)

& Historic Sites (Submitted on February 2, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 212 times since then and 29 times this year. Last updated on July 6, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1. submitted on January 29, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. 2, 3. submitted on July 6, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.