Grave of Gen. William Tatum Wofford

Grave of Gen. William Tatum Wofford is a Georgia historical marker in Bartow County, dedicated 1956.

At Cassville Cemetery in Cassville.

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Gen. William Tatum Wofford (June 28,1824 - May 22, 1884), Cav. Capt. in the Mexican War, Col. and Brig. Gen in the Confederate Army, is buried here. After Fredericksburg he succeeded to the command of Gen Thomas R. R. Cobb, who was mortally wounded there. He served with distinction at Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness. Jan 23, 1865, the Confederate War Department placed him in charge of forces in North Georgia to protect citizens against "bushwhackers" and guerrillas" and finally to arrange the surrender of Confederates in Georgia.

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1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · The Southern States and Mississippi Territory (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1824, covering the location of Grave of Gen. William Tatum Wofford, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1824, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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