UPSON COUNTY  GA  CEMETERY  Unknown Confederate Dead

Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm


File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by
Lisa Graham  LisaGraham32@aol.com 

http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm :Table of Contents page: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm :GA Table of Contents: 


UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD

From the Thomaston Courthouse, take HWY. 74 East, also
known as Yatesville Hwy. Go 6.3 Miles & turn left on The
Rock Road, then 2.4 Miles. This Cemetery sits beside the
Road with a Memorial Marker and an American Flag.  The
Memorial Marker states

" UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD"
UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE DEAD

Here lie 12 Confederate soldiers "known but to God" who died of disease and wounds 1864-1865 in the General Hospital, Georgia State Line, located near this spot.

Dr. A.P. Brown was senior surgeon in charge of the hospital. Dr. E.A. Flewellen, a prominent surgeon, at one time Surgeon of the 5th GA Infantry Regiment and later Medical Director of the Confederate Army of TN, assisted at this hospital when on sick leave. Dr. Fllewellen's home still stands at The Rock.
(Confederate Cemetery 1 mile south of The Rock)

Near the Road side is one Marked Tombstone
PVT. Thomas J. Penn
1828- Sept. 1, 1864
On top of the hill stands 12 markers in a row of unknown of men who died for this Country. The American Flag is displayed on a pole as a reminder.

NOTE:
The John B. Gordon Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans in
Thomaston GA is responsible for the restoration of this
cemetery which had gone negelected for many years.  The
purpose of the SCV is to honor the memory of our
Confederate Soldiers who heard and answered the call to
duty, regardless of the consequences and hardship.
Respectfully,
James E. Stallings, Sr.
Past Commander
General Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr
Camp # 18
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Macon, GA
jstallings7@cox.net>