FLOYD COUNTY, GA - CEMETERIES  Confederate Burials at New Armuchee Baptist Cemetery

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Confederate Burials at New Armuchee Baptist Cemetery
Armuchee, Floyd County, Georgia, U.S.A.
 

April 3, 2004
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There are 10 Confederate graves in New
Armuchee Baptist Cemetery. These men lost
their lives in the battle at Farmers Bridge,
Armuchee Creek near the New Armuchee Baptist
Cemetery. On May 15, 1864, 50 men of Captain
William Lokey’s Company G of the 12th
Alabama Battalion Partisan Rangers defended
the bridge against 3,000 Union cavalrymen
under the command of Colonel Robert H. G.
Minty.

 

The Confederate soldiers killed in this
battle are buried near the top of the
cemetery. Markers and a plaque commemorating
the battle were erected in November 1998.
Historian Gilbert R. Smith identified the
Confederate unit and those killed along with
the location of their graves.



(sources for the above information:
Historical Marker, north side of Armuchee
Creek at U. S. Highway 27 Bridge; North
Georgia Journal, Spring 1999, The Graves at
Farmer’s Bridge by Daniel M. Roper).



Monument in Civil War section of the New Armuchee Baptist Cemetery:

Side 1:

In Memoriam

Co. G. 12th Ala. Cav. Bn. C.S.A.

May 15, 1864. They held this

Ground at Farmer’s Bridge.

Vastly outnumbered by the

1st Brig. 2nd Div. U.S. Cav.

Until ordered to withdraw.

Ten killed, six captured.

Such gallant action

Attests to their courage

And the honor of the cause

For which they fought.

November 8, 1998

Gen. N. B. Forrest Camp 469

Maj. John Pellham Camp 258

Sons of Confederate Veterans

Designed and erected by

Ron Cescutti

 

Side two:

Captured, died U.S. Military Prison

Alton, Ill.

Pvt. Joel Weems

Pvt. Edwin P. Morris

Camp Douglas, Ill.

Pvt. Joseph B. Harper

Captured wounded & released

Pvt. J. Brown

Pvt. J. M. Robertson

Pvt. Marcus L. Formby

 

 

Barnard, Thomas, Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Brown, B., Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Ellis, W. H., Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Garrett, Benjamin, Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Lokey, William T., Captain - Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Morgan, J. J. Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Porter, Benjamin F., Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Porter, Cullen, Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Turren, A. D., Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.

Ward, P. W., Private – Company G, 12th Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, C.S.A., May 15, 1864.