Newton County GaArchives Photo place.....Historical Marker, Confederate Section June 22 2004
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Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 June 22, 2004, 9:11 pm

Source: Covington City Cemetery
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Here sleep 67 known and 8 unknown Confederate heroes, men who died of disease 
and wounds in the several Confederate hospitals located here. Many of those who 
died are buried elsewhere. Many of those who died are buried elsewhere. In 
1862, 1863, 1864, the Hill, Hood, Lumpkin and Receiving Hospitals were located 
in Covington. Thirty new hospital buildings not yet completed were destroyed in 
Garrard's Raid, July 22-24, as was other valuable hospital equipment. Hospitals 
were under the immediate supervision of Samuel H. Stout, Medical Director 
Confederate Army of Tennessee. More than 20,000 Confederates were treated in 
them.

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