Married in her youth to the Confederacy
To which she gave her all.
She sleeps beneath the Stars and Bars
And waits the last roll call.

We loved the beautiful old magnolias throughout the cemetery and were amazed to find so many gravestones of people who emigrated from Ireland.

The large, elaborate headstones really grab your attention. I wish I knew more about the lives these people lived and how they died. Many were born in the late 1700's so the Augusta area was quite ...

I know that all cemeteries are "historic" by their very nature, but Magnolia Cemetery (named for its trees) is over 200 years old...by today's standards, a very old cemetery. Pre Civil War with many, many graves dated before 1850.
This place is rather large and you find your relatives and friends by street coordinates. My Garmin ...

You cant help but love it there. The markers are beautiful, though some are so old you can no longer read them. If you take the time to really walk around and look, you can learn alot about the people that are there just from their headstone, like the 105 year old man with the cannon for the footstone. Some people may find it creepy and strange, but if you are really into history, it is perfect and peaceful.

even though the cemetary is beautiful, there are so many headstones and people buried there it just sends a shiver up my spine. some of my ancestors are buried here and one of them doesnt even have a headstone yet, he is not even in the same section with the rest of the family.

I just loved the cemetery. All the pretty grave stones and everything. A must see! One of the funnest (is funnest a word?) one of the funnest things to do in Augusta.