The Old City Cemetery, also known as Linwood Cemetery, is a cemetery on what is now Linwood Boulevard, in

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. It dates from 1828, when the town of Columbus was founded, or before. It appears in surveyor

Edward Lloyd Thomas Edward Lloyd Thomas (March 23, 1825 – March 8, 1898) was a Confederate brigadier general of infantry during the American Civil War from the state of Georgia. He was colonel of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, which was assigned to Joseph R ...

's original plan for the city. The cemetery consists mostly of rectangular family plots bordered by iron fences or walls made of brick or granite, accessed by a main east-west corridor and perpendicular lanes. It includes both simple and elaborate tombstones, some displaying

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styles. The cemetery was given the name "Linwood" in 1894 by city council resolution, probably to honor Columbus author

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whose works include ''Ernest Linwood'', an 1856 book. It was listed on the

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in 1980. According to its 1978 nomination, the majority of prominent Columbus persons are buried there. Its burials include more than 200 Confederate Army soldiers representing every state in the Confederacy. Thomas's own son was an early burial, as he died and was buried in the cemetery in 1828 while Thomas was amidst his work surveying, but apparently the grounds include earlier marked and unmarked graves of "'early traders, river people, and Indians.'"

Notable burials

* James Abercrombie (1792–1861), US Representative *

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(1814–1875), American Civil War CSA general for whom nearby

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(formerly Fort Benning) was once named * Mark Harden Blandford (1826–1902), CSA Congressman *

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(1801–1878), US Representative *

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(1831–1863), Civil War Confederate officer * Walter T. Colquitt (1799–1855), US Senator *

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(1820–1883), US Representative and CSA Congressman * Noble Leslie DeVotie (1838–1861), founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity *

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(1796–1848), US Representative *

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(1805–1865), US Representative *

Porter Ingram Porter Ingram (April 2, 1810 – December 3, 1893) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Windham County, Vermont and later moved to Georgia. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress The 1st Confederate States ...

(1810–1893), CSA Congressman *

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(1811–1891), Georgia Governor *

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(1788–1864), US Representative * Thomas M. Nelson (1782–1853), US Representative * Dr.

John Stith Pemberton John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later bec ...

(1831–1888), formulator of

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(1819–1876), Civil War Confederate general * Paul Jones Semmes (1815–1863), Civil War Confederate general * Francis Orray Ticknor (1822–1874), doctor and poet

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Historic Linwood Cemetery est. 1828
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Consolidated Government (CCG) Department of Public Works' Cemetery Division
Cemetery Records Database
at CCG Public Services Department Cemetery Records
Dolores Autry Linwood Cemetery Collection
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