Marietta National Cemetery

Feb 2024

Think I've answered this before, I found the cemetery to be peaceful and enormous, a surprise indeed. Its well looked after and has many many markers for its military people who gave there lives in many wars, and military excursions..its worth a visit, I didn't thinknit would be but I was wrong, very wrong.. go take a look it will not harm you, in fact the opposite it might stir and move you ....

Jul 2023

Came here for the history and found plenty of it. Cemetery is well taken care of. The Union army prepared for the Atlanta Campaign, hoping to quickly divide the Confederate army, sever major transportation/communication lines, and decimate Atlanta. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman massed more than 100,000 men, including the Armies of the Cumberland, the Ohio, and the Tennessee, and set out from Chattanooga in May 1864. They faced off against 55,000 Confederate soldiers led by General Joseph E. Johnston, and later General John B. Hood.On June 10, the Confederates set up a defensive line north of Marietta, between Pine Mountain and Brush Mountain. Johnston was forced...read full review

Oct 2021

Proud to see they honored all who lay here by putting the U.S. flag in front of each headstone, known & unknown. Last year Covid won, this year our service members won. Thanks to those who put out the 18,700 plus flags. It was a beautiful place to remember my mom & dad on Memorial Day!