Atlanta's wartime mayor, a 10-year old diarist, and several generals call Oakland Cemetery home.
The "Lion of Atlanta" is Oakland Cemetery's silent sentinel.
Of the 6,900 Confederate soldiers interred at Oakland Cemetery, 3,000 remain unknown.
Marietta National Cemetery is home to 10,000 Civil War soldiers.
Thousands of Confederate soldiers are buried at Oakland Cemetery in #Atlanta, #Georgia.
June 14, 2014: Tunes from the Tombs Music Festival at Historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.
Get tour of Oakland Cemetery with family
Meet John Brown Gordon, one of Robert E. Lee's right hand generals & a Georgia native.
Major General William T. Sherman, Courtesy Library of Congress.
Click to learn about Major General Ulysses .S. Grant's strategy during the Civil War.