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Stonewall Confederate Cemetery

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The State of Georgia monument is in the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia. (see map below) It was erected by the State of Georgia in 1894.

From the front of the monument:

Erected A. D. 1884
By the People of Georgia
To 290 of her sons who
Lie in this cemetery

Georgia

From the right (south) side:

Go, stranger, and tell it
in Georgia, that we died here
in obedience to her law.

1861 – 1865

From the rear:

When duty called they came
When country called they died

From the left side:

The brave
die never, being deathless. They
but change their country’s arms
for more – their country’s heart.

Location

The Georgia monument is in Stonewall Confederate Cemetery, part of Mount Hebron Cemetery on the east side of Winchester, Virginia. (39°10’59.9″N 78°09’27.0″W) The main cemetery entrance is from Boscawen Avenue at East Lane. Winchester National Cemetery is just across the street to the north.