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Confederate Hospitals (Lamar County)

Confederate Hospitals (Lamar County) is a Georgia historical marker in and Taylor Streets in Barnesville., Lamar County, dedicated 1957.

On the town square, at the intersection of Market, Main, and Taylor Streets in Barnesville.

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In July 1864 the following hospitals were in Barnesville: KINGSVILLE HOSPITAL, Surgeon B. N. Avent. KINGSTON HOSPITAL, Surgeon George W. McDade, Asst. Surgeon V.S. Hopping. This hospital was moved from Kingston, Georgia. MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Surgeon W. P. Westmoreland (also in charge at Milner). This hospital moved from Atlanta. FLEWELLEN HOSPITAL, Surgeon Miles H. Nash. The hospital was named for Surgeon Edward A. Flewellen who lived at The Rock and is buried at Thomaston. ERWIN HOSPITAL, Surgeons Joseph A. Groves and B. N. Avent.

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (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 Confederate Hospitals (Lamar 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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