Confederate Hospitals
State Historical Marker
Located on Coweta County Courthouse Square,
Newnan, GA.
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CONFEDERATE
HOSPITALS
In Newnan between 1862 and
1865 were seven Confederate hospitals -- Bragg, Buckner, "College
Temple," "Coweta House," Foard, Gamble and Pinson's
Springs. More than 10,000 Confederate sick and wounded and about
200 Federal soldiers wounded in the Battle at Brown's Mill were
cared for in these hospitals and in private homes. The hospitals
were directed and supervised by Samuel H. Stout, Army Medical
Director Department of Tennessee. Loyal men and women of the
county rendered valuable aid.
038-3 GEORGIA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955
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