Mary Jane Green was the daughter of John F and Esther J Green. Upon returning to their home after the Civil War battle of Resaca, Mary and her sisters found many solders buried in shallow graves practically where they fell. She entreated her father to dedicate some land for a central cemetery and she, her mother and sister began the removal and proper burial.
"Compelled by a sense of respect to those who had fallen in action, Mary J. Green and her sister began collecting the bodies to bury properly. Though poverty was rampant the Green daughters wrote friends asking for any amount money they could give. Col. John Green gave his daughters 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land for use as a cemetery for these soldiers. With the money collected and the land provided, the Green daughters and their mother began work on what we now call the Resaca Confederate Cemetery. The Resaca Confederate Cemetery was founded on October 25, 1866." This cemetery is the first Confederate Cemetery in Georgia.
"Compelled by a sense of respect to those who had fallen in action, Mary J. Green and her sister began collecting the bodies to bury properly. Though poverty was rampant the Green daughters wrote friends asking for any amount money they could give. Col. John Green gave his daughters 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land for use as a cemetery for these soldiers. With the money collected and the land provided, the Green daughters and their mother began work on what we now call the Resaca Confederate Cemetery. The Resaca Confederate Cemetery was founded on October 25, 1866." This cemetery is the first Confederate Cemetery in Georgia.
Mary Jane Green was the daughter of John F and Esther J Green. Upon returning to their home after the Civil War battle of Resaca, Mary and her sisters found many solders buried in shallow graves practically where they fell. She entreated her father to dedicate some land for a central cemetery and she, her mother and sister began the removal and proper burial.
"Compelled by a sense of respect to those who had fallen in action, Mary J. Green and her sister began collecting the bodies to bury properly. Though poverty was rampant the Green daughters wrote friends asking for any amount money they could give. Col. John Green gave his daughters 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land for use as a cemetery for these soldiers. With the money collected and the land provided, the Green daughters and their mother began work on what we now call the Resaca Confederate Cemetery. The Resaca Confederate Cemetery was founded on October 25, 1866." This cemetery is the first Confederate Cemetery in Georgia.
"Compelled by a sense of respect to those who had fallen in action, Mary J. Green and her sister began collecting the bodies to bury properly. Though poverty was rampant the Green daughters wrote friends asking for any amount money they could give. Col. John Green gave his daughters 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land for use as a cemetery for these soldiers. With the money collected and the land provided, the Green daughters and their mother began work on what we now call the Resaca Confederate Cemetery. The Resaca Confederate Cemetery was founded on October 25, 1866." This cemetery is the first Confederate Cemetery in Georgia.
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