Intersection of Old Calhoun Road and Calhoun Road
Shannon, Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 19.876 W085° 04.594
Date of Visit: November 24, 2010
Tombstone:
R P Watters
Co A 8th Ga
Plaque:
Richard P. Watters
Georgia 8th Infantry Regiment
Co “A” Rome Light Guards
April 6, 1837 – Sept 24, 1862
Wounded Sept. 17, 1862 at the battle of
Antietam, Sharpsburg, MD. Died of his wounds and is buried in the
Confederate section of the Elmwood
Cemetery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
A new headstone replaced this original
headstone, June 2001.
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