Unknown Confederate Dead, Upson County

Unknown Confederate Dead, Upson County is a Georgia historical marker in Upson County, dedicated 1955.

Located on The Rock Road, one mile south of the town of The Rock, located on Georgia Highway 36.

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Here lie twelve Confederate soldiers, "known but to God," who died of disease and wounds, 1864-1865, in the General Hospital, Georgia State Line, located near this spot. Dr. A.P. Brown was senior surgeon in charge of the hospital. Dr. E.A. Flewellen, a prominent surgeon, at one time Surgeon of the 5th Georgia Infantry Regiment and later Medical Director of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, assisted at this hospital when on sick leave. Dr. Flewellen's home still stands at The Rock.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · County map of Georgia, and Alabama (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Unknown Confederate Dead, Upson County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Unknown Confederate Dead, Upson County

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