Inscription
CONFEDERATE CEMETERY. Burial of Confederates killed in a railroad collision, September, 1863, on land given by Mrs. Jane Glover, established this cemetery. Later more land was given by Ann Moyer and others, and the [CS] dead here from Marietta hospitals and the Kennesaw battlefield were interred here.
In 1866 Georgia provided funds to move her dead here from the Chickamauga area, under the direction of Miss Mary J. Green and Mrs. Charles J. Williams of the Georgia Memorial Association. Soldiers from every southern state rest here, and annual Memorial Day exercises are a custom of long standing. 033-107 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
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More markers in Cobb
1916 Glover Machine Works Locomotive
Marietta, GA
1916 GLOVER MACHINE WORKS LOCOMOTIVE.
The Andrews Raid
Kennesaw, GA
THE ANDREWS RAID. About 6 A.M., April 12, 1862, a Federal spy & contraband merchant, James J. Andrews, of Ky.
The Archibald Howell Home
Marietta, GA
THE ARCHIBALD HOWELL HOME.
Army of the Tennessee at Roswell
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE AT ROSWELL.
Battle of Kolb's Farm
BATTLE OF KOLB'S FARM June 22, 1864.
