Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
U.D.C. Confederate Soldiers Monument
Marietta Confederate Cemetery
Front:
Confederate Dead.
Erected and
dedicated by
Kennesaw Chapter
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy,
Marietta, Georgia.
1908.
3000 soldiers in this
cemetery, from every
Southern state, who
fell on Georgia soil,
in defense of Georgia
rights and Georgia homes.
"They sleep the sleep of our
noble slain,
defeated without a stain
proudly and peacefully."
soldiers, who so nobly
"illustrated" Georgia, on
many a hard won field;
to those who died for
a sacred cause and to
those who lived to
win a nobler victory,
in time of peace.
love the cold dead hands that bore it."
Erected 1908 by Kennesaw Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 33° 56.75′ N, 84° 32.936′ W. Monument is in Marietta, Georgia, in Cobb County. It can be reached from West Atlanta Street SE 0.3 miles north of Cemetery Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 395 Powder Springs St, Marietta GA 30064, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Georgia’s Piedmont and in Metro Atlanta. 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: Confederate Cemetery (here, next to this marker); Marietta Confederate Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); S. V. Sanford (within shouting distance of this marker); Slave Lot (within shouting distance of this marker); This Little Cannon (within shouting distance of this marker); Rest well, Miss Mattie (within shouting distance of this marker); William Root (within shouting distance of this marker); Founder's Lot William Harris (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marietta.
Also see . . . Marietta Confederate Cemetery. (Submitted on August 21, 2015.)
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