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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Dalton Confederate Cemetery and West Hill Cemetery

Location:
West Emery Street
Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia
34.768337. – 84.979114
FAG: 37668

Date of Visit: February 7, 2016

There are 421 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in the Confederate Cemetery section of West Hill Cemetery in Dalton. Dalton was a hospital center for southern troops from 1862 to 1864. The hospitals were moved deeper into Georgia in the face of the May 1864 Federal advance on Atlanta. 

There is a large moment to dead thought to be buried in the section. 

The following Confederates are known and marked:

Paul B. Walker
Pvt Co D   12 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1830       1894

In Memory of Pvt
James G.L. Nuckolls
Co E
1 Cav Ga Regt
1833
1864

Holland Lacewell
Pvt Co G
9th Tenn Inf
Confederate States Army
1839      Apr  30 1864


Holland Lacewell enlisted in Jackson, Tennessee in May of 1861. Most of his known service is as a waggoner. In April of 1864 the 9th Tennessee was position somewhere around Dalton in preparations for the impending defense of Atlanta. It is likely that Holland died of disease or accident. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Holland Lacewell, 9th Tennessee Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 28, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).




In the oldest section of West Hill Cemetery:

Sgt
T.L. Wheeler
Co B
12 Bn
Ga Lt. Arty
CSA

A Note to Visitors