Atlanta Marietta Confederate Cemetery

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Location: Highway 120 and Powder Springs Rd., Marietta

The Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia has its humble beginnings in 1863. Built alongside the Marietta City Cemetery on a hill near the southern edge of the city, this is the final resting place for Confederate soldiers from nearby hospitals and the military operations around Marietta including The Battle of Kolb's Farm and The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

On the site of the cemetery, the first church in Marietta is built in 1833. In 1839 this Baptist Church moves to a more central location, on Church Street just north of the Square.

John Glover, first mayor of Marietta, buys this land as part of a larger parcel shortly after he arrives in 1848. Jane Glover would officially give the land to the "Memorial Association" in 1867, but the city began using the plot of land to bury Confederate war dead 4 years earlier. 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 over the past twenty years many repairs and improvements have been made, returning the cemetery to its former glory.