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The first Atlanta Confederate Soldiers' Home (also called the Old Soldiers' Home) was built in 1890 [1] with the support of Henry W. Grady at a cost of $45,000. Grady proposed the idea first in 1889, and began to raise funds through "subscriptions". [2] Due to lack of funds the home did not open until 1900. [3] It stood at 410 E. United Avenue ...
Surrounded by the bodies of an estimated 3,000 unnamed Confederate soldiers, it was commissioned by the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association and dedicated on Confederate Memorial Day in 1894." [ 40 ] In 2019, the city of Atlanta added a marker contextualizing its continued placement on state-owned property. [ 12 ]
In 1922, the City of Atlanta annexed the area and construction of Anne E. West Elementary School, located in the heart of Ormewood Park, began around that time. Anne E. West's classic building got a new life, new name, and new mission this century: it is home for the middle school campus of the Neighborhood Charter School , which serves both ...
The home was founded on January 1, 1885, [1] by the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 as a support home for veterans of the Confederate States Army. The camp home was built with private funds from both Confederate and Union veterans (the Grand Army of the Republic being one of its biggest donators). Due to the bipartisan support of the home, the Confederate ...
Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum, Georgetown, Kentucky [44] Kentucky Confederate Soldiers' Home, Pewee Valley, Kentucky [45] Soldiers' Home at Harrodsburg, Kentucky [14] Soldiers' Home of Louisiana a.k.a. Camp Nicholls Soldier's Home, New Orleans, Louisiana [46] Eastern Branch National Military Home, Togus, Maine [47]
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
The camp's original capacity was for 4,000 men, but at times more than 7,000 prisoners were accommodated. The capacity was increased to 7,000, but towards the end of the war up to 10,000 men were crammed into the facility. [14] See also the Confederate Soldier Memorial to the Confederate dead at Camp Chase, dedicated in 1909 Union Camp Douglas
Over 6,900 Confederate soldiers are buried in the cemetery, many of whom had died during the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. [1] The monument's obelisk was commissioned by the Atlanta Ladies' Memorial Association (ALMA), who later commissioned another Confederate monument in the cemetery, the Lion of the Confederacy sculpture. [1]