Year Erected: 1956

Marker Text: Gen. William Tatum Wofford (June 28,1824 - May 22, 1884), Cav. Capt. in the Mexican War, Col. and Brig. Gen in the Confederate Army, is buried here.  After Fredericksburg he succeeded to the command of Gen Thomas R. R. Cobb, who was mortally wounded there.  He served with distinction at Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.  Jan 23, 1865, the Confederate War Department placed him in charge of forces in North Georgia to protect citizens against "bushwhackers" and guerrillas" and finally to arrange the surrender of Confederates in Georgia.