Confederate Hospitals
In July 1864 the following hospitals were in Barnesville:
Kingsville Hospital, Surgeon B. N. Avent.
Kingston Hospital, Surgeon George W. McDade, Asst. Surgeon V.S. Hopping. This hospital was moved from Kingston, Georgia.
Medical College Hospital, Surgeon W. P. Westmoreland (also in charge at Milner). This hospital moved from Atlanta.
Flewellen Hospital, Surgeon Miles H. Nash. The hospital was named for Surgeon Edward A. Flewellen who lived at The Rock and is buried at Thomaston.
Erwin Hospital, Surgeons Joseph A. Groves and B. N. Avent.
Marker is at the intersection of Mill Street (Georgia Route 36) and Market Street, in the median on Mill Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
