Historical Marker

Confederate Cemetery

End of E. Church St. near flagpole in the Confederate section of Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus · Americus · Sumter

Inscription

CONFEDERATE CEMETERY. Here rest 129 Confederate soldiers - 45 of them "Unknown" - all of whom died in Confederate hospitals in Americus. These men served in the Army of Tennessee. Some were with Gen. Jubal Early in the Washington, D.C. raid in July, 1864. Others were sent here from Andersonville, suffering and dying from the same diseases that beset Federal prisoners there.

Mortality among the prison guards was as high as among the prisoners. Gallant women of the vicinity aided in the care of these men - all of whom gave their lives for the Confederacy. 129-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956