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Louisiana Burials, Augusta, Ga

In Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Ga is a Confederate section with 236 interments, all of which are indntified by name with the exceptionb of five unknowns. All of the burials appears to have been made during the war or immediatley following it. The graves are marked by small marble headstones which give the name of the soldiwer, and usually his state, but unless the original stones have been replaced by VA-issued markers, no information as to unit or date of deatyh is given.

Those who are identified as being form Louisiana include the following:

G. H. Rodgers, Row 1, Grave 2
F. C. Jones, 19 LA (VA Marker), Row 1, Grave 8
T. D. Newton, Row 6, Grave 29
M. David, Row 7, Grave 4
Wm. A. Bond, Row 9, Grave 2
A. Hughes, Row 9, Grave 20
W. Applewhite, Row 9, Grave 32
W. R. Deamond, Row 10, Grave 2
T. Braswell, Row 10, Grave 7
J. B. Coulter, Row 10, Grave 29

The cemetery is in perpetual care and the Confederate section is meticulously maintained.