Grant Park in Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Confederate Soldiers Plot
"Lest We Forget"
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2012
1. Confederate Soldiers Plot Marker
"Resolved, that the petition of the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association, asking a donation of land for the purpose of interring the Confederate Dead, be referred to the Committee on Cemetery, and that said committee have full power to act in the premises agreed to."
1867 Minutes of City Council
Frank Ryan, Clerk
The committee gave them the ground now marked "Unknown."
1866 Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association 1989
Erected 1974 by Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 33° 44.879′ N, 84° 22.358′ W. Memorial is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in Grant Park. It can be reached from Martin Luther King Junior Drive Southeast. Marker is in Oakland Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 248 Oakland Avenue SE, Atlanta GA 30312, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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 walking distance of this marker: Confederate Memorial Grounds (here, next to this marker); Slave Square (a few steps from this marker); John Brown Gordon (a few steps from this marker); Dr. Noel d'Alvigny (a few steps
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Also see . . . History of the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association, 1866-1946 (book). (Submitted on April 27, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2012
2. Confederate Soldiers Plot Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2012
3. Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2012
4. Confederate Soldiers Plot Marker
Dedicated April 26, 1950
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2012
5. Confederate Soldiers Plot and Markers
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 8, 2012
6. Confederate Soldiers Plot Markers & Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 893 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 27, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
