Pike County  Georgia News - Johnston's Island Headstones 1890
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The Barnesville Gazette.
Barnesville, Georgia, Thursday, April 3d, 1890

Col. J.O. Waddell, of Atlanta, received a notice Sunday from the
Marietta marble works, stating that the head-stones for the confederate
soldier's graves on Johnston's Island, were ready and were awaiting his
orders to be shipped. Col. Waddell wrote by the return mail directing
that the head-stones be sent immediately to Sandusky, O. He also wrote
to T.J. Mack, of the Sandusky Register, notifying him of the shipment,
and requesting him to see that they were placed in position. The members
of the committee who have had charge of the soldiers' graves at
Johnston's Island have been tireless in their endeavors to get the
stones in position. All the expenses have been paid except $40, which
sum is now in Col. Waddell's hands ready for a draft from the Marietta
Marble works, when ever they draw on him. A further sum of $125 is,
however, needed to pay for the transportation and setting of the head
stones.

(Transcribed 11/29/02 Lynn Cunningham)

Note:
Johnston's Island Confederate Officers Prison
Located in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio. Nearly 9,000 Confederate
officer's, soldiers and civilians were once quartered at this prison
during the Civil War.