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== History == | == History == | ||
Originally established in 1866 by General [[George Henry Thomas]] as '''Marietta and Atlanta National Cemetery''', it was intended to provide interment for nearly 10,000 | Originally established in 1866 by General [[George Henry Thomas]] as '''Marietta and Atlanta National Cemetery''', it was intended to provide interment for nearly 10,000 Union dead from General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]’s [[Atlanta Campaign]]. | ||
The land for the cemetery was donated by local resident Henry Cole, as a place to inter both Union and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers. His idea was that by burying together those who had fallen together in battle, it could help foster a kind of peace. Both sides rejected his proposal, and the land was used primarily to inter Union soldiers, while the others were buried in the [[Marietta Confederate Cemetery]]. As part of the land sale agreement, the Cole family has their own plot within the National Cemetery. | The land for the cemetery was donated by local resident Henry Cole, as a place to inter both Union and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers. His idea was that by burying together those who had fallen together in battle, it could help foster a kind of peace. Both sides rejected his proposal, and the land was used primarily to inter Union soldiers, while the others were buried in the [[Marietta Confederate Cemetery]]. As part of the land sale agreement, the Cole family has their own plot within the National Cemetery. | ||