Old Marietta Historic Confederate Cemetery

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Old Marietta Historic Confederate Cemetery

The Marietta Confederate Cemetery was established in 1863 and contains the graves of more than 3,000 They were replaced with plain marble markers.

Established in 1863, this was originally the resting place for 20 Confederate soldiers killed in a train wreck north of Marietta. Located in Land Lot 1290, District 16, the address is 381 Powder Springs St. After the Civil War more than 3,000 Confederate soldiers who died elsewhere were recovered and reburied there. By 1902 their wooden markers had deteriorated, and many names were lost by that ti

me. Those names that are known are listed in: Cobb County Georgia Cemeteries, Vol. I, pages 352-361

The Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Ga., began in 1863. Adjacent to the older Marietta City Cemetery, Marietta Confederate Cemetery is on a hill overlooking the downtown square from the south. This is the final resting place for Confederate soldiers from nearby hospitals and the battles of the Atlanta Campaign that took place around Marietta, including Kolb's Farm and Kennesaw Mountain. In 1833 the first church in Marietta was built on the site that today holds the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. In 1839 the baptist church moved closer to downtown, on the aptly named Church Street just north of Marietta Square. John Glover, who was Marietta's first mayor, bought the land as part of a larger parcel shortly after he arrived in 1848. Jane Glover, his wife, officially gave the land to the "Memorial Association" in 1867, but the city began using land to bury Confederate war dead four years earlier, with Glover's permission. That year a train wreck near Emerson, Ga., not far from Allatoona Pass brought the war home for the people of this small Georgia town. The dead were buried on a hill beneath an oak tree. As the Marietta operations began, the city prepared for inevitable dead. By then Marietta had witnessed the carnage of battle a number of times. Confederate wounded from Chickamauga were transported through the railway station at Dalton to Marietta. A number of buildings, including the Kennesaw House, served as hospitals, and the cemetery accepted its first men killed in battle. With the launch of the Atlanta Campaign on May 4, 1864, Marietta became a major hospital town for the Confederacy, and the number of dead in the Confederate Cemetery began to rise. Burials of Confederate soldiers on the site continued until July 2, 1864, when William T. Sherman took the city. Prior to1867 Henry Cole, aprominent businessman and ardent Unionist, proposed the Marietta National Cemetery, intended to include the bodies of men who died on both sides during the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea. Southerners in many towns, including Marietta, were outraged at the idea of burying Confederate dead in the same graveyard as Yankees. When the national cemetery was approved, Mrs. Glover donated the land containing the Confederate war dead. Over the years the Confederate Cemetery suffered. Unlike the nearby National Cemetery, the Confederate Cemetery had to rely on donations, mainly from Marietta citizens. The area fell into disrepair over the years. However, thanks to the efforts of many local groups, including the Marietta Confederate Cemetery Foundation, over the past 20-25 years many repairs and improvements have been made, returning the cemetery to its former glory.

07/16/2023

The Marietta Confederate Cemetery will have a table setup at the show

04/27/2023

Pictures from Confederate Memorial Day remembrance at the cemetery on April 15, 2023

07/22/2022

04/07/2022

It is with great sadness that we let you know that the Marietta Confederate Cemetery Foundation President Betty Hunter has passed away. https://www.mdjonline.com/news/local/an-inspiration-and-an-influencer-betty-hunter-longtime-marietta-councilwoman-dead-at-83/article_9ac0933c-b5e0-11ec-9b4d-d7c7fe77e886.html
The family will receive friends from 2–4 p.m. and 6–8 p.m. Friday at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home at 180 Church Street in Marietta.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta

Former Marietta City Councilwoman Betty Lou Smith Hunter, 83, died peacefully at her home in Marietta Wednesday.

12/17/2021

Reminder, wreaths across America- Please help us Remember, Honor, and Teach on December 18, 2021 beginning at 12:00 noon

I just sponsored a Veteran's Remembrance Wreath that will be placed in honor of a hero on Wreaths Across America Day, December 14, 2019. Join me in supporting WAA's mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach!

05/10/2021

Wreaths Across America is scheduled for December 18, 2021. To ensure more veterans are honored this year, the Kennesaw Chapter 241 of the UDC is offering an early opportunity to purchase wreaths.

Please follow the link below to be directed to the official Wreaths Across America site's page for the UDC's collection efforts for the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. Wreaths are only $15 each.

09/01/2020

An Emergency Fundraiser - KEEP OUR CEMETERY GATES OPEN!
Due to the pandemic, we are unable to conduct our annual public walking tour which in recent years raised the funds necessary for the proper maintenance and preservation of our historic Confederate Cemetery
WE NEED YOUR HELP - Learn more:

Wreaths Across America

10/29/2019

Wreaths Across America is coming up at noon on December 14. Our event details will be shared soon. If you would like to sponsor wreaths for the Marietta Confederate Cemetery, orders must be placed by Nov. 20.

Visit wreathsacrossamerica.org and click on SPONSOR WREATHS:

Look for the drop-down bar and choose “Marietta City Cemetery- Confederate Section”

Select the number of wreaths you wish to sponsor (wreaths are $15 each)

You can review your sponsorship and then use your credit card to make payment.

Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, our mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as over 1,200 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea, and abroad. Help us by sponsoring Veterans....

02/15/2019

Three different Confederate-related bills by Phil Kent | Feb 15, 2019 | News | 0 comments House Bill 175, which removes protections for Confederate monuments on public property in Georgia, is co-sponsored by state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, and others. It deletes language from OCGA 50-...

01/28/2019

Members of Georgia delegation want to preserve national battlefields by Cindy Morley | Jan 28, 2019 | Several members of the Georgia delegation in Washington want to preserve America’s battlefields.

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395 Powder Springs Street
Marietta, GA
30064

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http://www.mariettaconfederatecemetery.org/

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