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Re: Dennis Rogers Co.K 44th. Mississippi

Hi Ron, Marietta as you know is just north of Atlanta and I agree the Union Army would not have been interested in moving Confederate corpses during the Atlanta Campaign.

One of the last operational railroads during the later days of the Atlanta Campaign was the one going south from Rough and Ready. This might explain why so many ended up at Jonesboro, Georgia and southward.

From what I remember there were two hospitals near or at Griffin, Georgia. The dead at the Stonewall Cemetery in Griffin are relatively known and the office has a short biography on each one.

The cemetery at (also spelled as) Jonesborough, Georgia is just the opposite almost none of the Confederate graves are known and I believe there are about 500 located in the city cemetery. From my understanding they brought back both wounded and dead during the Atlanta Campaign.

Before Hood took over on July 17th some Confederate dead and wounded were taken to places like Newnan, Georgia just west of Atlanta where a Confederate hospital was also located. Kate Cummings, the Confederate nurse in her book mentions the Newnan hospital if my memory is correct.

Some Confederate hospitals east of Atlanta were burned down on July 22, 1864 by General Garrard's Cavalry.

Doctor Stout was able to move a few of the hospitals further southward when Sherman approached.

Some soldiers on both sides were buried where they fell during the campaign while others seemed to be a bit more fortunate.

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