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Location: LINWOOD CEMETERY-LINWOOD BOULEVARD AND 7TH AVENUE

City: COLUMBUS

State: Georgia

Zip Code: 31901

Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: DAVID SEIBERT


WILSON’S RAID WAS A CAVALRY OPERATION THROUGH ALABAMA AND GEORGIA IN MARCH-APRIL 1865 LATE IN THE CIVIL WAR. BRIG. GEN. JAMES H. WILSON LED HIS UNION ARMY CAVALRY CORPS TO DESTROY SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AND WAS OPPOSED UNSUCCESSFULLY.
SEE ALSO-THIS GUN WAR MEMORIAL CANNON


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